EGU2020-21375
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21375
EGU General Assembly 2020
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The Double-ITCZ Bias in CMIP6 Models

Baijun Tian
Baijun Tian
  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States of America (baijun.tian@jpl.nasa.gov)

The double-Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) bias is one of the most outstanding problems in climate models. This study seeks to examine the double-ITCZ bias in the latest state-of-the-art fully coupled global climate models that participated in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) Phase 6 (CMIP6) in comparison to their previous generations (CMIP3 and CMIP5 models). To that end, we have analyzed the long-term annual mean tropical precipitation distributions and several precipitation bias indices that quantify the double-ITCZ biases in 75 climate models including 24 CMIP3 models, 25 CMIP3 models, and 26 CMIP6 models. We find that the double-ITCZ bias and its big inter-model spread persist in CMIP6 models but the double-ITCZ bias is slightly reduced from CMIP3 or CMIP5 models to CMIP6 models.

How to cite: Tian, B.: The Double-ITCZ Bias in CMIP6 Models, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-21375, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21375, 2020

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