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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2947
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2947
20 Dec 2023
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Assessing the tropical Atlantic biogeochemical processes in the Norwegian Earth System Model

Shunya Koseki, Lander R. Crespo, Jerry Tjiputra, Filippa Fransner, Noel S. Keenlyside, and David Rivas

Abstract. State-of-the-art Earth system models exhibit large biases in their representation of the tropical Atlantic hydrography, with potential large impacts on both climate and ocean biogeochemistry projections. This study investigates how biases in model physics influences marine biogeochemical processes in the tropical Atlantic using the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM). We assess four different configurations of NorESM: NorESM1 is taken as benchmark (NorESM1-CTL) that we compare against the simulations with (1) a physical bias correction and against (2 and 3) two configurations of the latest version of NorESM with improved physical and biogeochemical parameterizations with low and intermediate atmospheric resolutions, respectively. With respect to NorESM1-CTL, the annual-mean sea surface temperature (SST) bias is reduced largely in the first and comparably third simulations in the equatorial and southeast Atlantic. In addition, the SST seasonal cycle is improved in all three simulations, resulting in more realistic development of the Atlantic Cold Tongue in terms of location and timing. Corresponding to the cold tongue seasonal cycle, the marine primary production in the equatorial Atlantic is also improved and in particular, the Atlantic summer bloom is well represented during June to September in all three simulations. The more realistic summer bloom can be related to the well-represented shallow thermocline and associated nitrate supply from the subsurface ocean at the equator. The climatological intense outgassing of sea-air CO2 flux in the western basin is also improved in all three simulations. Improvements in the climatology mean state also lead to better representation of primary production and sea-air CO2 interannual variability associated with the Atlantic Niño and Niña events. We stress that physical process and its improvement are responsible for modeling the marine biogeochemical process as the first simulations, where only climatological surface ocean dynamics are corrected, provides the better improvements of marine biogeochemical processes.

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Journal article(s) based on this preprint

26 Sep 2024
Assessing the tropical Atlantic biogeochemical processes in the Norwegian Earth System Model
Shunya Koseki, Lander R. Crespo, Jerry Tjiputra, Filippa Fransner, Noel S. Keenlyside, and David Rivas
Biogeosciences, 21, 4149–4168, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4149-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4149-2024, 2024
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Shunya Koseki, Lander R. Crespo, Jerry Tjiputra, Filippa Fransner, Noel S. Keenlyside, and David Rivas

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2947', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Feb 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Shunya Koseki, 30 Apr 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2947', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Mar 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Shunya Koseki, 30 Apr 2024

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2947', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Feb 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Shunya Koseki, 30 Apr 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2947', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Mar 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Shunya Koseki, 30 Apr 2024

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (02 May 2024) by Peter Landschützer
AR by Shunya Koseki on behalf of the Authors (24 Jun 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Jul 2024) by Peter Landschützer
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (01 Aug 2024)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Aug 2024) by Peter Landschützer
AR by Shunya Koseki on behalf of the Authors (06 Aug 2024)  Author's response   Manuscript 

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

26 Sep 2024
Assessing the tropical Atlantic biogeochemical processes in the Norwegian Earth System Model
Shunya Koseki, Lander R. Crespo, Jerry Tjiputra, Filippa Fransner, Noel S. Keenlyside, and David Rivas
Biogeosciences, 21, 4149–4168, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4149-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4149-2024, 2024
Short summary
Shunya Koseki, Lander R. Crespo, Jerry Tjiputra, Filippa Fransner, Noel S. Keenlyside, and David Rivas
Shunya Koseki, Lander R. Crespo, Jerry Tjiputra, Filippa Fransner, Noel S. Keenlyside, and David Rivas

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We investigated how the physical biases of an Earth system model influence the marine biogeochemical processes in the tropical Atlantic. With four different configurations of the model, we have shown that the versions with better SST reproduction tend to represent the primary production and sea-air CO2 flux in terms of climatology, seasonal cycle, and responses to climate variability.