2007: Technical Summary

We present a simple, deterministic e ergy balance model. The model isdesigned to represent the atmospheric compo-nent of the coupled atmosphere-ocean system. It i a one dimensional, global model with time and space resolutions of one year and 10 ° of latitude respectively. The model predicts the surface air temperature and estimates the surface freshwater flux diagnostically. The coupling between the atmospheric model and an ocean model isaccomplished by heat and freshwater fluxes at their nterface. The heat flux is calculated according to the difference in the surface air temperature and ocean surface temperature, while the fresh-water flux isestimated from the latent heat transport in the atmosphere bya diagnostic equation. Two parameterizations for the latent heat transport are proposed, which distinguishes the two versions of the model. Before proceeding with interactive runs, we study the behaviour of the model in a decoupled mode. Some xperi-ments with initial conditions altered and external forcings changed ard carried out to investigate the sensitivity and stability of the model. In particular, the influence of the ice-albedo feedback on model solutions is examined. The results of these experiments may be helpful both in under-standing the characteristics of the model and i interpreting results when the model is coupled to an OGCM. 1