ACCESS-ESM

The ACCESS Earth System Model (ACCESS-ESM) is a fully-coupled global climate model that includes atmoshpere, land, ocean, sea ice, as well as ocean biogeochemistry and land biogeochemistry components, linked together by a coupler.
This means it can simulate both the physical climate and global biogeochemical cycles, in particular the carbon cycle.

ACCESS-ESM1.5

ACCESS-ESM1.5 ¹ is a fully-coupled climate model with land and ocean carbon cycle components. ACCESS-ESM1.5 was developed primarily to enable Australia to participate in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) with an ESM version.

Model components

• Atmoshpere: UM7.3, GA7.1 science configuration. N96 spatial resolution (1.875° x 1.25°), 38 vertical levels.

• Land: CABLE2.4.

• Land Biogeochemistry: CASA-CNP.

• Ocean: MOM5. Tripolar grid, 1° spatial resolution, 50 vertical levels.

• Ocean Biogeochemistry: WOMBAT.

• Sea ice: CICE5.1.2. Same grid as ocean.

• Coupler: OASIS3-MCT.

ACCESS-ESM1.5 has an equilibrium climate sensitivity of 3.87°C for doubled CO₂ concentration.

Run ACCESS-ESM

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1. Tilo Ziehn, Matthew A Chamberlain, Rachel M Law, Andrew Lenton, Roger W Bodman, Martin Dix, Lauren Stevens, Ying-Ping Wang, and Jhan Srbinovsky. The Australian Earth System Model: ACCESS-ESM1.5. Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 70(1):193–214, 2020. doi:10.1071/ES19035. ↩

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Last update: May 6, 2024