Inconsistent strategies to spin up models in CMIP5: implications for ocean biogeochemical model performance assessment

Roland Seferian1, Marion Gehlen2, Laurent Bopp3, Laure Resplandy4, James C Orr2 and Olivier Marti2, (1)CNRM (Météo-France/CNRS), Climate research group, Toulouse, France, (2)LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France, (3)Ecole normale supérieure (ENS), Département de Géosciences, Paris, France, (4)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States