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Articles | Volume 17, issue 23
Articles | Volume 17, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6115-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6115-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 23
Research article
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08 Dec 2020
Research article |  | 08 Dec 2020

Spatially resolved evaluation of Earth system models with satellite column-averaged CO2

Bettina K. Gier, Michael Buchwitz, Maximilian Reuter, Peter M. Cox, Pierre Friedlingstein, and Veronika Eyring

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Models from Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) phases 5 and 6 are compared to a satellite data product of column-averaged CO2 mole fractions (XCO2). The previously believed discrepancy of the negative trend in seasonal cycle amplitude in the satellite product, which is not seen in in situ data nor in the models, is attributed to a sampling characteristic. Furthermore, CMIP6 models are shown to have made progress in reproducing the observed XCO2 time series compared to CMIP5.
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