GENIE:GMD papers

GMD is a new journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of the description, development and benchmarking of numerical models of the Earth System and its components. It would be great to support the journal (set up by Dan Lunt, Julia Hargreaves, James Annan, Ian Rutt - all involved in GENIE in one way or another, and Rolf Sander), so here's a bunch of papers we proposed at the GENIE meeting in Bristol in Jan 08.

Originally, we discussed a plan in which all modules would have their own root description paper. But in addition to some uncertainty whether a journal stuffed full of papers, many of which rather short and 'trivial' (e.g. genie-atchem) would exactly be welcomed by the editors, there was also a question of how a model 'surface' could be referenced across the multitude of modules, each potentially in a state of flux and revision. It therefore makes rather more sense to publish papers on actively in-use 'flavours' (other flavours can be added as and when they are going to be used in anger for some science). Suggested 'follow on' papers listed below would be mini-papers that describe updates and developments to the root description paper in GMD.

Timeframe - submission of first set of papers(+): 1st April 08


 * (i) Framework: Gethin

Follow-ons mixing scheme: Richard / Bob mixed layer scheme: Neil / Sonia mixed boundary conditions: Agatha convection scheme substitution (Simon) EVP: Bob / Yevgeny
 * (ii) GENIE-1 climate (eb_go_gs): Neil / Bob [paper to include some of unpublished SOC internal paper EMBM analysis?]

Follow-on papers (Moses land: Phil Harris)
 * (iii) GENIE-2 climate (ig_fi_fi, ig_go_sl, ig_sl_sl ? Maybe all 3 in one paper): Dan / John H / Dave Cameron / Paul / James


 * (iv) GENIE-1 (closed) marine carbon cycle (eb_go_gs_ac_bg): Andy R [paper to describe all the new biogeochem and to provide more details of important stuff that was not included in the original pub]


 * (v) GENIE-1 (open) marine carbon cycle (eb_go_gs_ac_bg_sg_rg): Greg / Andy R [paper to describe the current (much updated) state of SEDGEM + first ROKGEM description (spatial temperature-dependent weathering) - compare Earth system response with no weathering feedback, global average T-dependent, spatial T-dependent]

Follow-on papers (14C: Joy)
 * (vi) GENIE-1 land surface / carbon cycle scheme (eb_go_gs_ents): Sudipta / Mark


 * (vii) GENIE1 NSG tuning (physics only and with biogeochemistry): Andy P / Tim [tuning methods paper]


 * (viii) BFG?: Rupert / Chris / Graham