This document describes the CMCC Earth System Model (ESM) for the representation of the carbon cycle in the atmosphere, land, and ocean system. The structure of the report follows the software architecture of the full system. It is intended to give a technical description of the numerical models at the base of the ESM, and how they are coupled with each other.

• Institute for Earth System Predictions

• Ocean modeling and Data Assimilation

Authors

• Pier Giuseppe Fogli
• Elisa Manzini
• Marcello Vichi
• Andrea Alessandri
• Lavinia Patara
• Silvio Gualdi
• Enrico Scoccimarro
• Simona Masina
• Antonio Navarra