WACCM: The High-Top Model - CESM - UCAR
WACCM: The High-Top Model - CESM - UCAR
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.