TY - JOUR
T1 - DeepMIP: experimental design for model simulations of the EECO, PETM, and pre-PETM
AU - Lunt, Daniel
AU - Huber, Matthew
AU - Baatsen, Michiel
AU - Caballero, Rodrigo
AU - DeConto, Rob
AU - Donnadieu, Yannick
AU - Evans, David
AU - Feng, Ran
AU - Foster, Gavin
AU - Gasson, Ed
AU - von der Heydt, Anna
AU - Hollis, Chris
AU - Kirtland Turner, Sandy
AU - Korty, Robert
AU - Kozdon, Reinhardt
AU - Krishnan, Srinath
AU - Ladant, Jean-Baptiste
AU - Langebroek, Petra
AU - Lear, Caroline
AU - LeGrande, Allegra
AU - Littler, Kate
AU - Markwick, Paul
AU - Otto-Bliesner, Bette
AU - Pearson, Paul
AU - Poulsen, Chris
AU - Salzmann, Ulrich
AU - Shields, Christine
AU - Snell, Kathryn
AU - Starz, Michael
AU - Super, James
AU - Tabour, Clay
AU - Tierney, Jess
AU - Tourte, Gregory
AU - Upchurch, Gary
AU - Wade, Bridget
AU - Wing, Scott
AU - Winguth, Arne
AU - Wright, Nicky
AU - Zachos, James
AU - Zeebe, Richard
PY - 2016/6/21
Y1 - 2016/6/21
N2 - Past warm periods provide an opportunity to evaluate climate models under extreme forcing scenarios, in particular high (> 800 ppmv) atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Although a post-hoc intercomparison of Eocene (~50 million years ago, Ma) climate model simulations and geological data has been carried out previously, models of past high-CO2 periods have never been evaluated in a consistent framework. Here, we present an experimental design for climate model simulations of three warm periods within the latest Paleocene and the early Eocene. Together these form the first phase of DeepMIP – the deeptime model intercomparison project, itself a group within the wider Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP). The experimental design consists of three core paleo simulations and a set of optional sensitivity studies. The experimental design specifies and provides guidance on boundary conditions associated with palaeogeography, greenhouse gases, orbital configuration, solar constant, land surface parameters, and aerosols. Initial conditions, simulation length, and output variables are also specified. Finally, we explain how the geological datasets, which will be used to evaluate the simulations, will be developed.
AB - Past warm periods provide an opportunity to evaluate climate models under extreme forcing scenarios, in particular high (> 800 ppmv) atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Although a post-hoc intercomparison of Eocene (~50 million years ago, Ma) climate model simulations and geological data has been carried out previously, models of past high-CO2 periods have never been evaluated in a consistent framework. Here, we present an experimental design for climate model simulations of three warm periods within the latest Paleocene and the early Eocene. Together these form the first phase of DeepMIP – the deeptime model intercomparison project, itself a group within the wider Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP). The experimental design consists of three core paleo simulations and a set of optional sensitivity studies. The experimental design specifies and provides guidance on boundary conditions associated with palaeogeography, greenhouse gases, orbital configuration, solar constant, land surface parameters, and aerosols. Initial conditions, simulation length, and output variables are also specified. Finally, we explain how the geological datasets, which will be used to evaluate the simulations, will be developed.
U2 - 10.5194/gmd-2016-127
DO - 10.5194/gmd-2016-127
M3 - Article
JO - Geoscientific Model Development Discussions
JF - Geoscientific Model Development Discussions
ER -