Experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the CMIP6 Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP)

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Griffies, Stephen M ^a   Danabasoglu, Gokhan ^b   Durack, Paul J ^c   Adcroft, Alistair J ^a   Balaji, V ^a   Böning, Claus W ^d   Chassignet, Eric P ^e   Curchitser, Enrique ^f   Deshayes, Julie ^g   Drange, Helge ^h   Fox Kemper, Baylor ⁱ   Gleckler, Peter J ^c   Gregory, Jonathan M ^j   Haak, Helmuth ^k   Hallberg, Robert W ^a   Hewitt, Helene T ^l   Holland, David M ^m   Ilyina, Tatiana ^k   Jungclaus, Johann H ^k   Komuro, Yoshiki ⁿ   Krasting, John P ^a   Large, William G ^b   Marsland, Simon J ^o   Masina, Simona ^p   McDougall, Trevor J ^q   George Nurser, A J ^r   Orr, James C ^s   Pirani, Anna ^t   Qiao, Fangli ^u   Stouffer, Ronald J ^a   Taylor, Karl E ^c   Treguier, Anne Marie ^v   Tsujino, Hiroyuki ^w   Uotila, Petteri ^x   Valdivieso, Maria ^j   Winton, Michael ^a   Yeager, Stephen G ^b   more..

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison   (United States)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

ⁱ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^l MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^m NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^o CSIRO   (Australia)

^p ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^r NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^s LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^t UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^u FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^v Centre Bretagne   (France)

^w METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^x FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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EID: 85075145884     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-2016-77     Document Type: Article

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