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Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) ModelE

The current incarnation of the GISS series of coupled atmosphere-ocean models is now available. Called ModelE, it provides the ability to simulate many different configurations of Earth System Models - including interactive atmospheric chemsitry, aerosols, carbon cycle and other tracers, as well as the standard atmosphere, ocean, sea ice and land surface components.

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The current incarnation of the GISS series of coupled atmosphere-ocean models is now available. Called ModelE, it provides the ability to simulate many different configurations of Earth System Models - including interactive atmospheric chemsitry, aerosols, carbon cycle and other tracers, as well as the standard atmosphere, ocean, sea ice and land surface components.

Related Publications

2026. "Desert dust exerts twice the longwave radiative heating estimated by climate models.", Nature Communications, 17 (1): 3191 [10.1038/s41467-026-70952-9] [Journal Article/Letter]

2026. "Towards a Climate OSSE Framework for Satellite Mission Design.", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 107 (3): E431-E445 [10.1175/bams-d-24-0242.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2025. "Ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation During the Early and Middle Miocene.", Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 40 (4): [10.1029/2024pa005055] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Attribution of multi-annual to decadal changes in the climate system: The Large Ensemble Single Forcing Model Intercomparison Project (LESFMIP).", Frontiers in Climate, 4 [10.3389/fclim.2022.955414] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "GISS‐E2.1: Configurations and Climatology.", Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12 (8): [10.1029/2019ms002025] [Journal Article/Letter]