A Coupled General Circulation Model for the Tropical Pacific Ocean and Global Atmosphere

On the basis of Zeng’s theoretical design, a coupled general circulation model (CGCM) is developed with its characteristics different from other CGCMs such as the unified vertical coordinates and subtraction of the standard stratification for both atmosphere and ocean, available energy consideration, and so on. The oceanic component is a free surface tropical Pacific Ocean GCM between 30oN and 30oS with horizontal grid spacing of 1o in latitude and 2o in longitude, and with 14 vertical layers. The atmospheric component it a global GCM with low-resolution of 4o in latitude and 5o in longitude, and two layers or equal man in the vertical between the surface and 200 hPa. The atmospheric GCM includes comprehensive physical processes. The coupled model is subjected to seasonally-varying cycle. Several coupling experiments, ranging from straight forward coupling without flux correction to one with flux correction, and to so-called predictor-corrector monthly coupling (PCMC), are conducted to show the existence and final controlling of the climate drift in the coupled system. After removing the climate drift with the PCMC scheme, the coupled model is integrated for more than twenty years. The results show reasonable simulations of the annual mean and its seasonal cycle of the atmospheric and oceanic circulation. The model also produces the coherent interannual variations of the climate system, manifesting the observed El Ni?o / Southern Oscillation (ENSO).     

GRAPES_GFS中三维参考大气的研究:理论设计和理想试验

参考大气的选取对于半隐式半拉格朗日（Semi-Implicit Semi-Lagrangian,简称SISL）模式动力框架的计算精度至关重要。中国气象局数值预报中心自主研发的GRAPES_GFS（Global Regional Assimilation and PrEdiction System,Global Forecast System）采用基于等温大气构造的一维参考大气,该方法求解简单、易于实现,但无量纲气压和位势温度扰动量的数量级较大,降低空间计算精度的同时,由于非线性项较大,使得时间计算精度较低。借鉴近年来世界上各主要业务中心的数值模式框架搭建方法,拟在GRAPES_GFS的动力框架中引入不随时间变化且满足静力平衡的三维参考大气,使得积分过程中参考大气可以尽量地靠近模式大气,提高空间计算精度的同时,减小非线性项的数量级,进而提高时间积分的计算精度。本研究重新推导了引入三维参考大气之后模式动力学方程组的求解过程,通过若干个理想试验验证了理论方法以及代码实现的正确性,说明新的三维参考大气可以有效地提高模式动力框架的计算精度。