•General Properties of
Model Simulations
–Domain
•Atlantic Ocean basin,
20S to 62N
•Resolution: 2 degrees
horizontal, 22 layers vertical
–Forcing
•Climatological annual
cycle forcing derived from COADS
•Driven by vector wind stress, wind speed, air temperature and humidity, precipitation, longwave and shortwave surface
radiation
–Model runs and
analysis
•25-year spinup from
zonally-averaged climatology [p(lat)] derived from Levitus climatology
•One-year and five-year
analysis runs with fields archived monthly
•Analyze year 26,
winter (Feb.) and summer (Aug.)
•Analyze 5-year time
series, years 26-30
–Minimum layer thickness in the z-coordinate domain set to 10 m for all layers