CORE Release Notes
The document describes the datasets and protocol for running global ocean-ice climate models according to the CLIVAR Working Group on Ocean Model Development (WGOMD) Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (COREs).
Griffies, S. M., Winton, M., Samuels, B., Danabasoglu, G., Yeager, S., Marlsand, S., Drange., H., and Bentsen, M., 2012: Datasets and protocol for the CLIVAR WGOMD Coordinated Ocean-sea ice Reference Experiments (COREs), WCRP Report No. 21/2012, pp. 21
CORE IAF.v2 Air Sea Flux Data Set
Version 2 of the Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (CORE) datasets used for forcing global ocean-ice models has been released. The interannually varying forcing (CORE IAF.v2) now extends from 1948-2007. The data is available for download from the GDFL server, and is documented in:
Large, W.G. and S.G. Yeager. 2009: The global climatology of an interannually varying air-sea flux data set. Climate Dynamics, 33, 341-364, doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0441-3.
Initial Results
Some ocean-only simulations have been carried out at NCAR using the CORE IAF.v1 surface forcing. Initial results are presented here (Powerpoint presentation by G. Danabasoglu).
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