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Overview

Simon J. Marsland is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to the fields of Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Atmospheric Science. Additionally, their work intersects with Economics and Econometrics, and Management Science and Operations Research.

Marsland's work spans several main topics, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Their recent publications demonstrate a consistent engagement with climate system modeling and ocean-sea ice processes. Notable papers include:

  • "Configuration and spin-up of ACCESS-CM2, the new generation Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator Coupled Model," 2020, Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science
  • "Evaluation of global ocean-sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)," 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • "ACCESS-OM2 v1.0: a global ocean-sea ice model at three resolutions," 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • "What causes the spread of model projections of ocean dynamic sea-level change in response to greenhouse gas forcing?", 2020, Climate Dynamics
  • "ACCESS datasets for CMIP6: methodology and idealised experiments," 2022, Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science

Marsland frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science
  • Journal of Climate
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography

Collaborations form an essential aspect of their research output, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Abhishek Savita
  • Peter Dobrohotoff
  • Catia M. Domingues
  • Fabio Boeira Dias
  • Arnold Sullivan

Best Publications

  • The Max-Planck-Institute global ocean/sea ice model with orthogonal curvilinear coordinates

    Simon J. Marsland;Helmuth Haak;Johann H. Jungclaus;Mojib Latif

  • JRA-55 based surface dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models (JRA55-do)

    Hiroyuki Tsujino;Shogo Urakawa;Hideyuki Nakano;R. Justin Small

  • The ACCESS coupled model: description, control climate and evaluation

    D Bi;M Dix;S Marsland;S O'Farrell

  • North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part I: Mean states

    Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;David Bailey;Erik Behrens

  • OMIP contribution to CMIP6: experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

    Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Paul J. Durack;Alistair J. Adcroft

  • Reconstructing, Monitoring, and Predicting Multidecadal-Scale Changes in the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation with Sea Surface Temperature

    Mojib Latif;Erich Roeckner;Michael Botzet;Monika Esch

  • Configuration and spin-up of ACCESS-CM2, the new generation Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator Coupled Model

    Daohua Bi;Martin Dix;Simon Marsland;Simon Marsland;Siobhan O’Farrell

  • Challenges and Prospects in Ocean Circulation Models

    Baylor Fox-Kemper;Alistair Adcroft;Alistair Adcroft;Claus W. Böning;Eric P. Chassignet

  • Fate of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation : Strong decline under continued warming and Greenland melting

    P. Bakker;P. Bakker;A. Schmittner;J. T. M. Lenaerts;A. Abe-Ouchi

  • Evaluation of global ocean–sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)

    Hiroyuki Tsujino;L. Shogo Urakawa;Stephen M. Griffies;Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu

  • North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part II: Inter-annual to decadal variability

    Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;Who M. Kim;Erik Behrens

  • Modeling the basal melting and marine ice accretion of the Amery Ice Shelf

    B. K. Galton-Fenzi;J. R. Hunter;R. Coleman;S. J. Marsland

  • ACCESS-OM2 v1.0: A global ocean-sea ice model at three resolutions

    Andrew E. Kiss;Andrew McC. Hogg;Nicholas Hannah;Fabio Boeira Dias

  • An assessment of Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Southern Ocean meridional overturning circulation during 1958–2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations

    Riccardo Farneti;Stephanie M. Downes;Stephen M. Griffies;Simon J. Marsland

  • Formation and export of dense shelf water from the Adélie Depression, East Antarctica

    G. D. Williams;N. L. Bindoff;N. L. Bindoff;S. J. Marsland;S. J. Marsland;S. R. Rintoul;S. R. Rintoul

  • An assessment of global and regional sea level for years 1993-2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations

    Stephen M. Griffies;Jianjun Yin;Paul J. Durack;Paul Goddard

  • The circulation and water masses of the Antarctic shelf and continental slope between 30 and 80∘E

    A.J.S. Meijers;A.J.S. Meijers;A.J.S. Meijers;A. Klocker;A. Klocker;A. Klocker;N.L. Bindoff;N.L. Bindoff;N.L. Bindoff;G.D. Williams;G.D. Williams

  • The ACCESS coupled model: documentation of core CMIP5 simulations and initial results

    Martin Dix;Peter Vohralik;Dave Bi;Harun Rashid

  • An assessment of Southern Ocean water masses and sea ice during 1988–2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations

    Stephanie M. Downes;Riccardo Farneti;Petteri Uotila;Petteri Uotila;Stephen M. Griffies

  • Modeling water mass formation in the Mertz Glacier Polynya and Adélie Depression, East Antarctica

    Simon J. Marsland;N. L. Bindoff;N. L. Bindoff;N. L. Bindoff;G. D. Williams;G. D. Williams;W. F. Budd;W. F. Budd

Frequent Co-Authors

Petteri Uotila
Petteri Uotila University of Helsinki
Stephen M. Griffies
Stephen M. Griffies National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nathaniel L. Bindoff
Nathaniel L. Bindoff University of Tasmania
Gokhan Danabasoglu
Gokhan Danabasoglu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Catia M. Domingues
Catia M. Domingues National Oceanography Centre
Hiroyuki Tsujino
Hiroyuki Tsujino Japan Meteorological Agency
Simona Masina
Simona Masina Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
Guy D. Williams
Guy D. Williams University of Tasmania
Eric P. Chassignet
Eric P. Chassignet Florida State University
William G. Large
William G. Large National Center for Atmospheric Research

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