The Madden–Julian Oscillation in the Energy Exascale Earth System Model Version 1

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Chia‐Wei Hsu¹  Charlotte DeMott¹  Daehyun Kim²  Changhyun Yoo³  Daehyun Kang⁴  Min‐Seop Ahn⁵  Philip J. Rasch⁶  Samson Hagos⁶  L. Ruby Leung⁶ 

[1] Department of Atmospheric Science Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA;Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Washington Seattle WA USA;Department of Climate and Energy Systems Engineering Ewha Womans University Seoul South Korea;Department of Oceanography Chonnam National University Gwangju South Korea;PCMDI Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore CA USA;Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland WA USA;

关键词: Madden‐Julian oscillation;    Earth system modeling;    process‐oriented diagnostics;   

DOI  :  10.1029/2021MS002842

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract The present study examines the characteristics of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) events represented in the Energy Exascale Earth System Model version 1 (E3SMv1), DOE’s new Earth system model. The coupled E3SMv1 realistically simulates the eastward propagation of precipitation and moist static energy (MSE) anomalies associated with the MJO. As in observations, horizontal moisture advection and longwave radiative feedback are found to be the dominant processes in E3SMv1 that lead to the eastward movement and maintenance of the MJO MSE anomalies, respectively. Modulation of the diurnal cycle of precipitation in the Maritime Continent region by the MJO is also well represented in the model despite systematic biases in the magnitude and phase of the precipitation diurnal cycle. On the MJO impact over the midlatitude, E3SMv1 reasonably captures the pattern of the MJO teleconnections across the North Pacific and North America, with improvement in the performance in a high‐resolution version, despite the magnitude being a bit weaker than the observed. Regarding the interannual variability of the MJO, the El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO) modulation of the zonal extent of MJO’s eastward propagation, as well as associated changes in the mean state moisture gradient in the tropical west Pacific, are well reproduced in the model. However, MJO in E3SMv1 exhibits no sensitivity to the Quasi‐Biennial Oscillation (QBO), with the MJO propagation characteristics being almost identical between easterly QBO and westerly QBO years. Processes that have been suggested as critical to MJO simulation are also examined by utilizing recently developed process‐oriented diagnostics.

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