期刊
OCEAN MODELLING
卷 73, 期 -, 页码 45-58出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.09.008
关键词
Implicit solver; Prebomb radiocarbon; Newton-Krylov; Preconditioner; Global ocean modeling
资金
- Department of Energy Biological and Environmental Sciences Division
- National Science Foundation
It takes several thousand years for the deep-ocean concentration of natural radiocarbon to come to equilibrium with surface fluxes, making it computationally too expensive to routinely simulate it with moderate-to high-resolution ocean models. We present an implicit solver for computing prebomb Delta C-14 that requires the equivalent of only a few tens of model years to reach equilibrium. The solver uses a Newton-Krylov algorithm with a preconditioner based on a coarse-grained annually-averaged tracer-transport operator. Coarse-graining provides a general approach for developing preconditioners for models of increasing resolution. We implemented and tested the solver for the ocean component of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) with a nominal horizontal resolution of 1 degrees x 1 degrees and with 60 vertical levels. Simulated Delta C-14 values are in good agreement with observations at the surface and in the North Atlantic, but the deep North Pacific simulated values show a substantial bias, with prebomb radiocarbon Delta C-14 values translating to ages that are twice the observationally based estimate. This bias is substantially larger than published simulations obtained with coarser resolution models, suggesting that increasing model resolution does not automatically improve the fidelity of the deep ocean ventilation processes. We therefore recommend that natural Delta C-14 be used as a deep-ocean ventilation metric for critically evaluating deep ocean circulation. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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