Of course,
the simple slab ocean didn't obviate the hot runs they kept.
CP rationalized doing so on the basis that cool runs (nearly 50 % of the control runs) were not realistic and reflected, e.g.,
the simple slab ocean in their model.
Not exact matches
In other words, the
ocean is not a
simple 1 - D
slab that diffuses temperature anomalies down from the surface.
By default, water at the surface does not move (a «
slab ocean»), but it is also possible to prescribe
ocean heat transport or to take wind - driven
ocean heat transport in low latitudes into account through a
simple one - dimensional model driven by surface winds.
Until recently, «
oceans» in climate models were very
simple, in effect just large «
slabs».
In
simple terms the red assumption is compatable with a
slab ocean thermal model and I don't think that is an appropriate model and seems incompatable with the data.