Abstract

Though global climate models can represent many identifiable features of the climate system, they also suffer from significant localized biases. Climate model biases are not uniform over the globe. For example, in the ocean, modeled sea surface temperature (SST) errors are often largest along the... Show moreThough global climate models can represent many identifiable features of the climate system, they also suffer from significant localized biases. Climate model biases are not uniform over the globe. For example, in the ocean, modeled sea surface temperature (SST) errors are often largest along the continental margins. Many coupled climate models generate very large SST biases in the coastal upwelling regions of the California Current system (CCS), the Humboldt Current System (HCS), and the Benguela Current System (BCS), where simulated mean SSTs are much warmer than observed. Show less