MRI GCM-IIb (4x5 L15) 1995
The model is identical to AMIP baseline model MRI GCM-II (4x5 L15) 1993, except for different initial conditions and a change in a gravity-wave drag factor.
Cf. Kitoh et al. (1995)[10] for a discussion of results of the AMIP integration made with this model, and the appendix of the same paper for differences from the results of the baseline model.
Initial conditions of model atmosphere, soil temperature and moisture, and snow depth/cover for the repeated AMIP experiment were taken from the last time step of the AMIP simulation with the baseline model.
Orographic gravity-wave drag is simulated in the same way as in the baseline model, except that the gravity-wave generation factor kappa is increased by a factor of 2 (from 6.0 x10 ^-6 m^-1 to 1.2 x 10^-5 m^-1). This change produces a substantially different stratospheric zonal wind climatology and temperature structure (cf. the appendix of Kitoh et al. 1995 [10])
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