Dec 13, 2014 Ocean Biogeochemistry in CMIP5
Fasham, Ducklow and McKelvie (1990)
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Fasham, Ducklow and McKelvie (1990)
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A variety of OBGCMs are now in use Steina
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Diversity of Ocean BGC in CMIP5
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Bopp et al. (2013)
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What’s happened since 1990? • Global applicaPon • IncorporaPon of other elemental cycles
– Carbon Cycle (OCMIP2) – Oxygen cycle – Iron cycle (HNLC) – Silicic Acid (diatoms) – CalcificaPon (forams, coccoliths) – Nitrogen-‐Phosphorus interacPons
• River, atmosphere and N2 fixaPon supply • Water Column and sediment denitrificaPon
• Improved processes – Phytoplankton K/R strategies and size structure – MechanisPcally moPvated sinking – Dissolved organic ma[er
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Typical OBGCMs applicaPons 1. How much anthropogenic carbon uptake has occurred? 2. How will anthropogenic carbon uptake change under climate change? 3. How will the natural carbon cycle change under climate change? 4. How will ecosystems change under climate change? …limiting uncertainties representing ocean circulation and sensitivity to change. Biogeochemical uncertainties include mechanistic controls on:
• Euphotic zone nutrient consumption and degree of residual nutrient • Controls on POM/DOM passive and active transport • Deviations in stoichiometry from Redfield (e.g. N2 fixation) • Remineralization scales through the twilight zone
Ecological uncertainties include: • Physiology (general controls, functional traits, adaptation limits) • Biodiversity (predictability, phenology, niche gaps, etc) • Ecological interactions
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Philosophies for Ocean BGC Modeling
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• Challenge: the vast complexity of natural systems versus the limited, imperfect ability to mathemaPcally represent those processes.
• Seek fundamental rules and constraints of energy, mass, and biogeochemistry
• RepresentaPon of phytoplankton via: • SenPnal species (i.e. Prochlorococcus, Trichodesmium, and T. weissflogii, E. huxleya)
• CalibraPon to best-‐known constraints, but leaves vast biogeochemical gaps • Phytoplankton funcPonal groups (CO2-‐fixers, N2-‐fixers, silicifiers, calcifiers)
• CalibraPon to parPcular funcPons, leaving other funcPons missing • Empirical biogeochemical funcPon (CO2-‐fxaPon, N2-‐fixaPon, silicificaPon, calcificaPon)
• CalibraPon to overall biogeochemical impact
• Assessment and a[ribuPon of biases • PrioriPzaPon of process study sites, field observaPons, vs satellite esPmates for ‘truth’ • A[ribuPon to deficiencies in ocean physics? Atmospheric physics? • If a[ribuPon to biology, is it external inputs, physiology, ecology, or biogeochemistry? • Depending on a[ribuPon, decision-‐making on possibiliPes to change assumpPons.
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Removal
GFDL’s Tracers of Phytoplankton with Allometric Zooplankton (TOPAZ)
Small phyto.
Large phyto.
ProJst Filter feeder
semilabile semirefract. DOM Detritus New
nutrients
Recycled nutrients
N2-‐fixer DOM cycling
ParJcle sinking
Gas exchange
Atm. DeposiJon
River Input
Sediment Input Scavenging
Carbon Oxygen Phosphorus
CaCO3
Nitrogen Iron Alkalinity Lithogenic Silicon
Biogeochemistry Phytoplankton ecology
Diatoms and Other Large Phytoplankton Flexible N:P:Si:Fe:Chl Aragonite and Calcite
Heterotrophs
30 Tracers
Dunne et al. (2005;2013)
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Many groups are exploring alternaJve verJcal coordinates
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Dunne et al. (2012, 2013); Winton et al. (2013); Hallberg et al. (2013); Froelicher et al. (submiXed)
Soil 1339
Atmosphere 607
VegetaJon 1003
Surface Ocean 874
DOC 697
Intermediate and Deep Ocean 36855
SedimentaJon
81 141 60
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82 Rivers 0.12
85 85
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0.10
0.12 Weathering
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66 76
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GFDL-‐ESM2M Soil 1341
Atmosphere 607
VegetaJon 997
Surface Ocean 883
DOC 695
Intermediate and Deep Ocean 37231
SedimentaJon
82 143 61
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68 Rivers 0.12
85 85
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0.12 Weathering
2 45 53
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GFDL-‐ESM2G
Reservoirs in PgC Fluxes in PgC a-‐1
Reservoirs in PgC Fluxes in PgC a-‐1
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Biota 1.1 Biota 1.2
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z ρ
z* (MOM4.1): -‐ Depth-‐based verJcal coordinate -‐ Over 40 years of experience
ρ (GOLD): -‐ Density-‐based verJcal coordinate -‐ Easy to preserve water masses
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Taylor Diagrams of CMIP5 X-‐Y Pa[erns
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SST
pH NPP
O2
Models get SST, under esJmate pH variability, and vary widely on NPP Bopp et al. (2013)
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‘Labile’ DOC in CMIP5 (Anderson et al 2015)
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Carbon a Key CMIP5 ContribuPon
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Hoffman et al., 2014
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Southern Ocean Key to Carbon
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Frölicher, T., J. Sarmiento, J. Dunne, D. Paynter, M. Winton, in press: Heat and carbon uptake in the CMIP5 models: The dominance of the Southern Ocean.
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ESM ensembling and inter-‐comparison provide powerful constraints insofar as the models agree (i.e. SST and pH changes)
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Bopp, L., L. Resplandy, J. C. Orr, S. C. Doney, J. P. Dunne, M. Gehlen, P. Halloran, C. Heinze, T. Ilyina, R. Séférian, J. Tjiputra, and M. Vichi, 2013: MulJple stressors of ocean ecosystems in the 21st century: projecJons with CMIP5 models, Biogeosciences, 10, 6225-‐6245, doi:10.5194/bg-‐10-‐6225-‐2013.
RCP8.5 at 2100 -‐ SPppling indicates sign agreement among models
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Major challenges remain in resolving areas where ESM’s disagree
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RCP8.5 at 2100 -‐ SPppling indicates sign agreement among models
Bopp, L., L. Resplandy, J. C. Orr, S. C. Doney, J. P. Dunne, M. Gehlen, P. Halloran, C. Heinze, T. Ilyina, R. Séférian, J. Tjiputra, and M. Vichi, 2013: MulJple stressors of ocean ecosystems in the 21st century: projecJons with CMIP5 models, Biogeosciences, 10, 6225-‐6245, doi:10.5194/bg-‐10-‐6225-‐2013.
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Largest Ocean AcidificaPon in Tropical Mode Waters
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ESM2M Pacific SecJon (190°E)
Resplandy, L. L. Bopp, J. Orr, and J. Dunne (2013)
The achievement in GFDL’s ESMs illustrates the importance of including dynamical, chemical and biogeochemical interacJons
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Digging into Mechanisms: Without CirculaJon Change, Heat Uptake Would Look Much Like Carbon Uptake
Winton et al., 2013
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ΔTemp
ΔDIC
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Pugng the puzzle pieces together: Mechanisms of Ocean Biogeochemical Change in CMIP5 ESMs
• Warming increases straJficaJon – Ven;la;on and nutrient supply decreases globally – Increase in maximum rates, shi@ to microbial loop
• Poleward expansion and slow-‐down of subtropical gyres – Shoaling nutricline in the subtropical gyres – Enhanced nutrients, hypoxia and acidifica;on in some areas
• Intensified hydrological cycle reduces North AtlanJc overturning – Shoaling Northern Subpolar Atlan;c and deepening tropics
• and many more pieces… Overall, a changing balance of processes creates intense regional structure.
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Dec 13, 2014 Ocean Biogeochemistry in CMIP5
Moving forward with GFDL’s ESMs • ApplicaJon: MulP-‐member ensembles for detecPon and a[ribuPon, centennial-‐millennial scales, idealized sensiPvity, diverse impacts applicaPon.
• Comprehensiveness: beyond closing the CO2 cycle to fully comprehensive and self consistent representaPon of aerosol, Fe, CH4 and N cycles, and ecosystems
• ResoluJon: Resolving regional atmosphere-‐land interacPons and the ocean mesoscale for improved base state and change, and the human and marine applicaPons
• PredicJon: IntegraPon with seasonal-‐decadal climate predicPon effort, exploring opportuniPes for experimental biogeochemistry predicPon
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Pushing the envelope: Decadal high resoluJon prototype with next generaJon biogeochemisty
Satellite
ESM2.6-‐COBALT ESM2M
1.5 1 0.5 0
Chlorophyll (mg Chl m-‐3)
California Current Upwelling Signature vastly improved from 1° to 1/10° ResoluJon