Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-3507-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-3507-2025
Research article
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15 Dec 2025
Research article |  | 15 Dec 2025

The North Atlantic mean state in mesoscale eddy-resolving coupled models: a multimodel study

Amanda Frigola, Eneko Martin-Martinez, Eduardo Moreno-Chamarro, Margarida Samsó, Saskia Loosvelt-Tomas, Pierre-Antoine Bretonnière, Daria Kuznetsova, Xia Lin, and Pablo Ortega

Data sets

Multi Observation Global Ocean 3D Temperature Salinity Height Geostrophic Current and MLD B. Buongiorno Nardelli https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00052

Global Ocean Physics Reanalysis J.-M. Lellouche et al. https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00021

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Short summary
Compared to standard resolution models, mesoscale eddy-resolving models present a more realistic stratification in the subpolar North Atlantic, an Atlantic overturning profile closer to RAPID observations, and an improved structure of the subpolar gyre and Gulf Stream. Although surface biases in the Central North Atlantic are reduced, the representation of the North Atlantic Current path and strength in mesoscale-resolving models requires further improvement.
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