Geoscientific Model Development (Apr 2022)
The EC-Earth3 Earth system model for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6
- R. Döscher,
- M. Acosta,
- A. Alessandri,
- P. Anthoni,
- T. Arsouze,
- T. Bergman,
- R. Bernardello,
- S. Boussetta,
- L.-P. Caron,
- G. Carver,
- M. Castrillo,
- F. Catalano,
- I. Cvijanovic,
- P. Davini,
- E. Dekker,
- F. J. Doblas-Reyes,
- D. Docquier,
- P. Echevarria,
- U. Fladrich,
- R. Fuentes-Franco,
- M. Gröger,
- J. v. Hardenberg,
- J. v. Hardenberg,
- J. Hieronymus,
- M. P. Karami,
- J.-P. Keskinen,
- T. Koenigk,
- R. Makkonen,
- F. Massonnet,
- M. Ménégoz,
- P. A. Miller,
- E. Moreno-Chamarro,
- L. Nieradzik,
- T. van Noije,
- P. Nolan,
- D. O'Donnell,
- P. Ollinaho,
- G. van den Oord,
- P. Ortega,
- O. T. Prims,
- A. Ramos,
- T. Reerink,
- C. Rousset,
- Y. Ruprich-Robert,
- P. Le Sager,
- T. Schmith,
- R. Schrödner,
- F. Serva,
- V. Sicardi,
- M. Sloth Madsen,
- B. Smith,
- T. Tian,
- E. Tourigny,
- P. Uotila,
- M. Vancoppenolle,
- S. Wang,
- D. Wårlind,
- U. Willén,
- K. Wyser,
- S. Yang,
- X. Yepes-Arbós,
- Q. Zhang
Affiliations
- R. Döscher
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- M. Acosta
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- A. Alessandri
- Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ISAC-CNR, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- P. Anthoni
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- T. Arsouze
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- T. Bergman
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, 3731, the Netherlands
- R. Bernardello
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- S. Boussetta
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, RG2-9AX, United Kingdom
- L.-P. Caron
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- G. Carver
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, RG2-9AX, United Kingdom
- M. Castrillo
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- F. Catalano
- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), 00196 Rome, Italy
- I. Cvijanovic
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- P. Davini
- Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ISAC-CNR, 10133 Turin, Italy
- E. Dekker
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- F. J. Doblas-Reyes
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- D. Docquier
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- P. Echevarria
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- U. Fladrich
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- R. Fuentes-Franco
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- M. Gröger
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- J. v. Hardenberg
- Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ISAC-CNR, 10133 Turin, Italy
- J. v. Hardenberg
- Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
- J. Hieronymus
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- M. P. Karami
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- J.-P. Keskinen
- University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- T. Koenigk
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- R. Makkonen
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
- F. Massonnet
- Université Catholique de Louvain UCLouvain, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348, Belgium
- M. Ménégoz
- IGE, University of Grenoble, Grenoble, 38400, France
- P. A. Miller
- Lund University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
- E. Moreno-Chamarro
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- L. Nieradzik
- Lund University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
- T. van Noije
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, 3731, the Netherlands
- P. Nolan
- Irish Centre for High End Computing, ICHECK, Dublin, Ireland
- D. O'Donnell
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
- P. Ollinaho
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
- G. van den Oord
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, 3731, the Netherlands
- P. Ortega
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- O. T. Prims
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- A. Ramos
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- T. Reerink
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, 3731, the Netherlands
- C. Rousset
- University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, 75005, France
- Y. Ruprich-Robert
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- P. Le Sager
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, 3731, the Netherlands
- T. Schmith
- University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, 75005, France
- R. Schrödner
- Lund University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
- F. Serva
- Istituto di Scienze Marine CNR-ISMAR, 30122 Venice, Italy
- V. Sicardi
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- M. Sloth Madsen
- Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
- B. Smith
- Lund University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
- T. Tian
- Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
- E. Tourigny
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- P. Uotila
- University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- M. Vancoppenolle
- Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), Paris, 75005, France
- S. Wang
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- D. Wårlind
- Lund University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
- U. Willén
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- K. Wyser
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
- S. Yang
- Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
- X. Yepes-Arbós
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
- Q. Zhang
- Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2973-2022
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 15
pp. 2973 – 3020
Abstract
The Earth system model EC-Earth3 for contributions to CMIP6 is documented here, with its flexible coupling framework, major model configurations, a methodology for ensuring the simulations are comparable across different high-performance computing (HPC) systems, and with the physical performance of base configurations over the historical period. The variety of possible configurations and sub-models reflects the broad interests in the EC-Earth community. EC-Earth3 key performance metrics demonstrate physical behavior and biases well within the frame known from recent CMIP models. With improved physical and dynamic features, new Earth system model (ESM) components, community tools, and largely improved physical performance compared to the CMIP5 version, EC-Earth3 represents a clear step forward for the only European community ESM. We demonstrate here that EC-Earth3 is suited for a range of tasks in CMIP6 and beyond.
