Strand6

Sea level

Overview: Towards direct model representation of sea-level.

Plans: Assessing volume budget in current models. Examine drivers of modelled global-mean sea-level drift, e.g. non-equilibrium of the deep ocean; non-conservation due to forcing; spurious mixing. Seek corrections for drift, including better initialisation methods. Coupled O-A vs forced O (suggested by Met Office).

Consider options for including steric terms e.g. non-Boussinesq.
Link to ice-shelves/glaciers as boundary volume/mass sources.
Extremes are a key motivation here\

Involved: Wilson, Hughes

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