Back to variable_groups | Category Index
These are non-exclusive grouping of CMIP variables (e.g. monthly time slices of the baseline variables). Variables can belong to more than one group.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| justification | Condition: for models with an ocean resolution of 1/4° of higher, and ocean parameterizations that allow mesoscale eddies to develop (weak or absent GM) Justification: Ocean models with a grid resolution of 1/4° or better represent the ocean mesoscale dynamics (instability of currents and eddies). Analyzing climate change in these models requires more variables, or variables at different frequencies, compared with non-eddying ocean models. Salt flux should be added but has no CMOR name (CF standard name: Ocean Salt X Transport). Daily 3D ocean state (uo, vo, thetao, so) should also be added to this group, but perhaps as time slices? |
| name | ocean_mesoscale |
| title | Variables necessary to describe the role of ocean mesoscales in the climate system |