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GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT
Volume 12, Issue 7, Pages 3099-3118Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-12-3099-2019
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- Horizon 2020 research programme [641727]
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/P018238/1]
- European Commission, FP7 Environment (SPECS) [308378]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) [274762653]
- NERC [NE/P018238/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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We introduce and study the impact of three stochastic schemes in the EC-Earth climate model: two atmospheric schemes and one stochastic land scheme. These form the basis for a probabilistic Earth system model in atmosphere-only mode. Stochastic parametrization have become standard in several operational weather-forecasting models, in particular due to their beneficial impact on model spread. In recent years, stochastic schemes in the atmospheric component of a model have been shown to improve aspects important for the models long-term climate, such as El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), North Atlantic weather regimes, and the Indian monsoon. Stochasticity in the land component has been shown to improve the variability of soil processes and improve the representation of heatwaves over Europe. However, the raw impact of such schemes on the model mean is less well studied. It is shown that the inclusion of all three schemes notably changes the model mean state. While many of the impacts are beneficial, some are too large in amplitude, leading to significant changes in the model's energy budget and atmospheric circulation. This implies that in order to maintain the benefits of stochastic physics without shifting the mean state too far from observations, a full re-tuning of the model will typically be required.
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