ACCESS-OM2 0.25 degree repeat-year forcing simulations

Updated: 2019-05-17

ACCESS-OM2 0.25 degrees ocean model output data for the Consortium for Ocean-Sea Ice Modelling in Australia (COSIMA). ACCESS is the Australian community climate model. The ocean model components of ACCESS include MOM5.1, with the CICE5 sea ice model and OASIS-MCT coupling. ACCESS-OM2 is designed to be consistent with the full coupled version of ACCESS (ACCESS-CM2). ACCESS-OM2-025 is the 1/4° ocean-sea ice model for the Consortium for Ocean-Sea Ice Modelling in Australia (COSIMA). It uses the MOM5.1 ocean with 0.25° lateral resolution at the Equator, tripolar in the north and Mercator projection down to 65°S, with 50 vertical levels. The sea ice model is CICE5.1, coupled with the OASIS3-MCT coupler. The model is forced with the JRA55-do v1.3 forcing dataset. This dataset is comprised of two experiments: 1. a reference spinup simulation using the Repeat Year Forcing strategy from years 1984-85 (known as RYF8485), and 2. a perturbation simulation with simulated climate change forcing based on the RCP45 scenario.