Module B - Processes and Modelling

The main goal of Module B is to improve the understanding of processes leading to decadal climate variability. Several of these have already been included in climate models, but their importance has not yet been completely clarified. The simulation of other processes requires sometimes a higher resolution of the model or an extension with additional subsystems. Their incorporation leads to an improvement of the MiKlip prediction system in addition to a bias correction. To reach these goals we pursue the following objectives:

Objective B1: Assessing the effects of enhanced resolution and model bias
Objective B2: Investigating mechanisms of decadal variability
Objective B3: Coupling of additional climate subsystems

Atmospheric winter response to a projected future Antarctic sea-ice reduction: a dynamical analysis

2013 - Climate Dynamics, Vol. 40 (11), pp. 2707-2718

Bader, J. | Flügge, M., Kvamstø, N.G., Mesquita, M.D.S., and Voigt A.

Characteristics of the ocean simulations in the Max Planck Institute Ocean Model (MPIOM) the ocean component of the MPI-Earth system model

2013 - Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES), Vol. 5, pp. 422-44

Jungclaus, J. H. | N. Fischer, H. Haak, K. Lohmann, J. Marotzke, D. Matei, U. Mikolajewicz, D. Notz, and J.-S. von Storch

Background conditions influence the decadal climate response to strong volcanic eruptions

2013 - J. Geophys. Res. Atm., Vol. 118 (10), pp. 4090–4106

Zanchettin D. | O. Bothe, H.-F. Graf, S.J. Lorenz, J. Luterbacher, C. Timmreck, and J.H. Jungclaus

On the lack of stratospheric dynamical variability in low-top versions of the CMIP5 models

2013 - JGR, Vol. 118, Issue 6, p. 2494–2505

Charlton-Perez A.J. | M. Baldwin, T. Birner, R.X. Black, A.H. Butler, N. Calvo, N.A. Davis, E.P. Gerber, N. Gillett, S. Hardiman, J. Kim, K. Krüger, Y.-Y. Lee, E. Manzini, B.A. McDaniel, L. Polvani, T. Reichler, Tiffany A. Shaw, Michael S.,S.-W. Son, M. Toohey, L. Wilcox, S. Yoden, B. Christiansen, F. Lott, D. Shindell, S.I. Yukimoto, S. Watanabe

Response of the middle atmosphere to anthropogenic and natural forcings in the CMIP5 simulations with the Max Planck Institute Earth system model

2013 - Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES), Vol.5 (1), pp. 98–116

Schmidt, H. | Rast, S., Bunzel, F., Esch, M., Giorgetta, M. A., Kinne, S., Krismer, T., Stenchikov, G., Timmreck, C., Tomassini, L.,and Walz, M.

Multidecadal-to-centennial SST variability in the MPI-ESM simulation ensemble for the last millennium

2013 - Climate Dynamics, Vol. 40 (5), pp. 1301-1318

Zanchettin, D. | Rubino, A., Matei, D., Bothe, O., and J. H. Jungclaus

The impact of heterogeneous surface temperatures on the 2 m air temperature over the Arctic Ocean under clear skies in spring

2013 - The Cryosphere, Vol. 7 (1), pp. 153-166

Tetzlaff, A. | Kaleschke, L., Lüpkes, C., Ament, F. and Vihma, T.

Delayed winter warming: A robust decadal response to strong tropical volcanic eruptions?

2013 - Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 40 (1), pp. 204-209

Zanchettin D. | C. Timmreck, O. Bothe, S.J. Lorenz, G. Hegerl, H.-F. Graf, J. Luterbacher, and J.H. Jungclaus

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Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Meteorologie
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Cubasch

Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Meteorologie
Dr. Kerstin Prömmel

Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Meteorologie
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