The Modelers Community of Practice (MCP) is organizing a series of discussion sessions focusing on Arctic biases in US Earth system models. The goal of this series is to bring together representatives of the modeling centers and system experts to discuss potential solutions towards reducing tenacious biases in US Earth system models (ESMs). Climate models have biases in the representation of many aspects of the Arctic Earth system (e.g., ocean stratification, clouds) that are often persistent from generation to generation (e.g., to ), and common to many models. An exchange of information, if not a collaborative effort, between the modeling centers might help to improve these biases.
This session focused on biases in the Arctic Marine Carbon Cycle. The Arctic Ocean plays an important role in the global carbon budget, but the key processes responsible for carbon uptake are notoriously difficult to model and observe. This session brought together representatives from the main US modeling centers and other domain experts to discuss the challenges of observing the Arctic marine carbon cycle, and of representing the key processes in ESMs.
Previous sessions in this modeling biases series include: Arctic Ocean Stratification, Arctic Clouds, and Permafrost Carbon Processes.
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