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1 Recent Developments at NOAA/GFDL WGNE-2012, Toulouse FRANCE V. Balaji NOAA/GFDL and Princeton University 8 November 2012 Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
2 Outline 1 GFDL Strategic Plan: Atmospheric physics and chemistry 3 Marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry 4 Climate modeling at high resolution 5 Hurricanes and climate change 6 Decadal predictability and prediction studies 7 Atmospheric dynamical core developments 8 Global cloud-resolving model 9 Gaea 10 Summary Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
3 Outline 1 GFDL Strategic Plan: Atmospheric physics and chemistry 3 Marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry 4 Climate modeling at high resolution 5 Hurricanes and climate change 6 Decadal predictability and prediction studies 7 Atmospheric dynamical core developments 8 Global cloud-resolving model 9 Gaea 10 Summary Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
4 GFDL Strategic Plan: Basic climate processes and their representations in models. Comprehensive modeling of climate system variability and change. Understanding, detection and attribution, and prediction of extreme events. Understanding, detection and attribution, and predictability of modes of climate variability. Cryospheric amplification of climate change and sea-level rise. Understanding the Earth system including biosphere and human activities. Climate science, impacts and services. Google GFDL Strategic Science Plan. Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
5 Current suite of GFDL models CM3: comprehensive tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry, aerosol-cloud feedbacks. ESM2M and ESM2G: free-running carbon cycle. DECP: decadal prediction models at various resolutions with advanced initialization (ECDA). C180, C360: atmospheric models with AM3 physics optimized for tropical storm permitting simulations (HiRAM). Cloud-resolving models with bulk microphysics. All models built on common framework and run within a single distributed workflow. Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
6 Outline 1 GFDL Strategic Plan: Atmospheric physics and chemistry 3 Marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry 4 Climate modeling at high resolution 5 Hurricanes and climate change 6 Decadal predictability and prediction studies 7 Atmospheric dynamical core developments 8 Global cloud-resolving model 9 Gaea 10 Summary Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
7 Aerosol indirect effects weaken South Asian monsoon Cloud-aerosol feedbacks induce a weakening of the Indian monsoon (Figure courtesy Bollasina et al., Science 2011). Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
8 Aerosol indirect effects weaken South Asian monsoon: summer monsoon spatial pattern Cloud-aerosol feedbacks induce a weakening of the Indian monsoon (Figure courtesy Bollasina et al., Science 2011). Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
9 Outline 1 GFDL Strategic Plan: Atmospheric physics and chemistry 3 Marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry 4 Climate modeling at high resolution 5 Hurricanes and climate change 6 Decadal predictability and prediction studies 7 Atmospheric dynamical core developments 8 Global cloud-resolving model 9 Gaea 10 Summary Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
10 ESM2M: free-running carbon cycle Free-running carbon cycle in ESM2M. Emissions-driven runs comparable to concentration driven runs (and to observations.) Figure courtesy Ron Stouffer, NOAA/GFDL; pre-publication. Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
11 Carbon sources and sinks Land carbon fluxes dominant before 1960; then trend changes sign. Fossil fuels dominant contemporary source. Ocean uptake scales with pco 2. Figure courtesy Ron Stouffer, NOAA/GFDL; pre-publication. Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
12 Outline 1 GFDL Strategic Plan: Atmospheric physics and chemistry 3 Marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry 4 Climate modeling at high resolution 5 Hurricanes and climate change 6 Decadal predictability and prediction studies 7 Atmospheric dynamical core developments 8 Global cloud-resolving model 9 Gaea 10 Summary Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
13 Resolution as a cure for key model biases The double-itcz problem appears to be improved by adding resolution (Figure courtesy Gabe Vecchi, NOAA/GFDL). Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
14 Annual mean SST bias in CM2.5 control Figure courtesy Delworth et al (2012). Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
15 Ocean Eddy Kinetic Energy in CM2.5 and CM2.6 EKE patterns show marked improvement in the progression toward eddy-permitting and eddy-resolving ocean models. (Delworth et al 2012). Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
16 Subsurface temperature drift corrected by eddy dynamics Figure courtesy Delworth et al (2012). Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
17 Outline 1 GFDL Strategic Plan: Atmospheric physics and chemistry 3 Marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry 4 Climate modeling at high resolution 5 Hurricanes and climate change 6 Decadal predictability and prediction studies 7 Atmospheric dynamical core developments 8 Global cloud-resolving model 9 Gaea 10 Summary Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
18 Hurricane statistics from global high-resolution atmosphere models 60 Observed tracks ( );total number of hurricanes: latitude longitude 60 C180 model tracks ( );total number of hurricanes: latitude longitude Observed and modeled hurricane tracks from in a global 50 km (C180) atmospheric model forced by observed SSTs. (Figure courtesy Ming Zhao and Isaac Held, NOAA/GFDL). Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
19 Interannual variability of hurricane frequency number of hurricanes M1 (mean= 5.92; std=2.68; cor=0.66) M2 (mean= 6.04; std=3.19; cor=0.73) M3 (mean= 5.32; std=2.59; cor=0.65) M4 (mean= 5.44; std=2.58; cor=0.61) EN (mean= 5.68; std=2.21; cor=0.83) OBS (mean= 6.20; std=3.06) WA year Interannual variability of W. Atlantic hurricane number from in the C180 runs. (Figure courtesy Ming Zhao and Isaac Held, NOAA/GFDL). Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
20 A simple predictor of hurricane counts? Difference between Atlantic surface temperature T A and mid-tropospheric global temperature T G dtermines hurricane generation rate. From Zhao et al (2009). Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
21 Nested models for hurricanes and climate change From Bender et al, Science, Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
22 Outline 1 GFDL Strategic Plan: Atmospheric physics and chemistry 3 Marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry 4 Climate modeling at high resolution 5 Hurricanes and climate change 6 Decadal predictability and prediction studies 7 Atmospheric dynamical core developments 8 Global cloud-resolving model 9 Gaea 10 Summary Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
23 Data assimilation Data assimilation uses ensembles to find likely model trajectory taking into account model error and observational error. (Figure courtesy Zhang et al 2008). Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
24 Ensemble Coupled Data Assimilation (ECDA) A 1 A 2 A 3 Atmos Obs. ECDA Ocean O 1 O 2 O 3 Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
25 Model drift in decadal prediction Figure courtesy Shaoqing Zhang and You-Soon Chang, NOAA/GFDL. Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
26 Adapting ECDA for parameter estimation Intermediate coupled model with 10 free parameters, all biased. SEO: State Estimation Only. SPE: Single Parameter Estimation, single-valued. GPO: Single Parameter Estimation, geographically dependent parameter optimization. Does not deconvolve structural uncertainty from parameter uncertainty. Can also be used for multi-parameter optimization (see Wu et al 2012a, 2012b). Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
27 Outline 1 GFDL Strategic Plan: Atmospheric physics and chemistry 3 Marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry 4 Climate modeling at high resolution 5 Hurricanes and climate change 6 Decadal predictability and prediction studies 7 Atmospheric dynamical core developments 8 Global cloud-resolving model 9 Gaea 10 Summary Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
28 Stretched grids Opposing face gets very coarse Discontinuities in slope Scale-aware parameterizations required Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
29 Nested grids Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
30 Lee vortices off Hawaii under two-way nesting Figure courtesy Harris and Lin Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
31 Outline 1 GFDL Strategic Plan: Atmospheric physics and chemistry 3 Marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry 4 Climate modeling at high resolution 5 Hurricanes and climate change 6 Decadal predictability and prediction studies 7 Atmospheric dynamical core developments 8 Global cloud-resolving model 9 Gaea 10 Summary Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
32 C2560: 3.5 km resolution global cloud-resolving model Figure courtesy S-J Lin and Chris Kerr, NOAA/GFDL. Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
33 Outline 1 GFDL Strategic Plan: Atmospheric physics and chemistry 3 Marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry 4 Climate modeling at high resolution 5 Hurricanes and climate change 6 Decadal predictability and prediction studies 7 Atmospheric dynamical core developments 8 Global cloud-resolving model 9 Gaea 10 Summary Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
34 Gaea The NOAA Climate Modeling and Research System Gaea. Being extended in 2012 to include GPU capabilities. Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
35 Gaea and GFDL FRE and other elements in the GFDL modeling environment manage the complex scheduling of jobs across a distributed computing resource. Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
36 Outline 1 GFDL Strategic Plan: Atmospheric physics and chemistry 3 Marine and terrestrial biogeochemistry 4 Climate modeling at high resolution 5 Hurricanes and climate change 6 Decadal predictability and prediction studies 7 Atmospheric dynamical core developments 8 Global cloud-resolving model 9 Gaea 10 Summary Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
37 Summary GFDL Strategic Plan: process studies; development of comprehensive models; climate extremes; experimental prediction; downstream science. Experimental seasonal to decadal prediction, including high-resolution fully coupled ensemble Kalman filter for data assimilation Continued development of extremely high-resolution atmosphere models using state of the art dynamical core Unification of ocean model development through MOM5 and MOM6 (incorporates capabilities from GOLD model into MOM, incorporates results of Climate Process Teams) Development of next generation climate model(s) CM4: convergence of multiple model branches into a few trunk models, through a Model Development Team led by Isaac Held. Increased integration of NOAA modeling across climate research and extended-range forecasting. Balaji (Princeton and GFDL) Developments at GFDL 8 November / 37
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