MOM6, SIS2 and OM4 (ocean‐ice components of CM4)

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Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Review October 29‐31, 2019 MOM6, SIS2 and OM4 (ocean‐ice components of CM4) Presented by Alistair Adcroft (CIMES) Contributions from Hallberg, Griffies, Zhang, Dunne, Winton, and the rest of the MOM6 and OWG teams

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Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory ReviewOctober 29‐31, 2019

MOM6, SIS2 and OM4(ocean‐ice components of CM4)

Presented byAlistair Adcroft (CIMES)

Contributions from Hallberg, Griffies, Zhang, Dunne, Winton, and the rest of the MOM6 and OWG teams

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Modular Ocean Model, version 6 (MOM6)• MOM6 unified the efforts of MOM4/5 and GOLD

• Open development philosophy • Community model

• Adopted by NCEP, NCAR, Universities, …

• Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian method in the vertical

• Used for general & hybrid coordinates

• Lagrangian‐remap method• Unconditionally stable and accurate• Wetting/drying• Reduced spurious heat uptake

• Global ice‐shelf/ocean coupling• Requires ALE for wetting/drying

• Energetically consistent closures

• Internal wave driven mixing (CPT)

• Community software (CVmix) • Eddies in eddy‐permitting models

• Second order mesoscale closure

• Boundary layer physics• Mixed layers• Overflows

• Numerics and formulation• Transport schemes, Solvers• Dynamically integrated sea‐ice• Reduced cost of bio‐tracers

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Sea‐Ice Simulator, version 2 (SIS2)• C‐grid for compatibility with ocean

• Permits single point channels

• Improved thermodynamics and radiative transfer(following CICE / IcePack)

• Can carry tracers• Evolving sea‐ice salinity, ice age, …

• Improved conservation• Improved numerical stability• Improved coupled stability

Ice concentration, CM4 2010 forcing

March March

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RutgersESMG

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NOAA‐NCEPmaster

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FSU/Navymaster

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MOM6 open development via GitHub

• Developing MOM6 on GitHub has removed barriers to collaboration

• Complete openness has attracted partners

• Continual + independent development

• No “release delays”

• Numerous activities• 89 forks (as of Oct ‘19)• 5 major hubs/partners

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MOM6 collaborations

¼˚ MOM6(OM4 configuration, 2018)

GODAS

CourtesyYan Xue, NCEP‐CPC

1o MOM3(circa 1999)Hybrid-

GODAS

SST(same scale)

HYCOM 1/12°

MOM6 1/12°

Alan WallcraftFSU

Courtesy Gustavo Marques, NCAR

CCS from Curchitser & Hedstrom, Rutgers/UAF

MOM6(GFDL)

NOAA-EMC NCAR

FSU/NavyRutgersESPC

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OM4.0: Resolution and DWBC• Justification for ½° and ¼° horizontal resolutions

Horizontal speed at 2500m depth [m/s]

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OM4.0: Benefits of new algorithms• Hybrid vertical coordinate significantly reduced spurious heat uptake

Horizontally averaged potential temperature change over 5 cycles of CORE-IAF

OM4 paper (Adcroft et al., 2019)

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OM4.0: Role of eddiesOM4 1/8°

OM4 1/2°

Snapshot of sea-surface height (m)

• Transition of laminar to eddying motion at mid‐latitudes happens between ½°‐¼° resolutions

• Mesoscale eddies partly control ocean heat uptake

o parameterize at coarse resolution

OM4 paper (Adcroft et al., 2019)

More efficient eddies

Parameterized eddies

Spurious mixing

OM4 1/4°

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Future directions: OM4.1 & fine resolution

• OM4.1 and fine‐resolution• Scale aware parameterizations to unify physics of OM4 configurations across resolutions

• Require finer than 1/8° to permit some ice‐shelf cavities

• Require < 1km resolution near grounding line

• Planning a hierarchy of fine resolutions starting with 1/8°

• Better resolution of mesoscale at high latitudes

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Future directions: MOM6 regional modeling• Regional climate impacts / Process studies / Hi‐res development• Exploratory development in collaboration with Rutgers group

Dussin, Curchitser, Harrison, Hedstrom, Kang, Ross, Drenkard, …

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Summary

• MOM6 has grown up into a community model• NCEP, NCAR, Universities, …

• Open development paradigm has resulted in multiple productive collaborations on both code and science

• Latest generation of ocean configurations (OM4.0):• Reduced spurious heat uptake• Better representation of mesoscale eddies• Reduced biases

• Future directions include• Continued improvement of global configurations• Fine‐resolution global simulation with ice‐shelf interactions• Regional MOM6 capability and applications