Virtual Event: Annual Seminar 2020

In the area of ocean and climate modelling the anticipated end of Moore’s law has motivated efforts to formulate ocean and atmosphere models on unstructured grids. The ocean-sea-ice model ICON-O and the Earth System Model ICON-ESM of the Max-Planck Institute of Meteorology are particular examples of a new generation of ocean and earth system models. This talk provides a look behind the scenes of ICON-O’s structure-preserving design. We present ocean-stand alone as well as coupled simulations that demonstrate the capabilities of the model. We outline also the emerging scientific opportunities in ocean and climate modelling that ICON-O and ICON-ESM allow to explore and report on our first steps on these new research avenues.