Doroteaciro Iovino¹, David Docquier², Jeremy P Grist³, Malcolm J Roberts⁴, Christopher Roberts⁵, Tido Semmler⁶, Leandro Ponsoni², Francois E Massonnet⁷, Dmitry Sidorenko⁸, Dmitry Sein⁹, Alessio Bellucci¹⁰ and Thierry Fichefet¹¹, (1)Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Ocean Modeling and Data Assimilation Division, Bologna, Italy, (2)UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, (3)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, (4)Met Office Hadley center for Climate Change, Exeter, United Kingdom, (5)ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom, (6)Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Bremerhaven, Germany, (7)Institut Català de Ciències del Clima, Barcelona, Spain, (8)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, (9)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (10)Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Climate Simulations and Predictions Division, Bologna, Italy, (11)TECLIM, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium