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WACCM: The High-Top Model - CESM - UCAR

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Antarctic sea-ice extent<br />

CCSM4 (CAM4)<br />

-- Pre-Industrial<br />

— 1979-2005<br />

<strong>WACCM</strong>4<br />

-- Pre-Industrial<br />

— 1979-2005<br />

Observed 1979-2005 ave<br />

-- ice-ocean hindcast<br />

— Satellite<br />

CCSM4 (CAM)<br />

dashed lines:<br />

(1960-1979 ave) - PI<br />

solid lines:<br />

(1979-2005 ave) - PI<br />

<strong>WACCM</strong>4<br />

<strong>The</strong> more realistic ozone loss in <strong>WACCM</strong> drives changes in winds that enhance<br />

sea-ice loss, producing sea-ice extent closer to modern observations.

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