Comparison of warming trends over the last century around Antarctica from three coupled models

Connolley, William M.; O'Farrell, Siobhan. 1998 Comparison of warming trends over the last century around Antarctica from three coupled models. Annals of Glaciology, 27. 565-570. 10.3189/1998AoG27-1-565-570

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We compare observed temperature variations in Antarctica with climate-model runs over the last century. The models used are three coupled global climate models (GCMs) — the UKMO, the CSIRO and the MPI forced by the CO2 increases observed over the last century, and an atmospheric model experiment forced with observed sea-surface temperatures and sea-ice extents over the last century. Despite some regions of agreement, in general the GCM runs appear to be incompatible with each other and with the observations, although the short observational record and high natural variability make verification difficult. One of the best places for a more detailed study is the Antarctic Peninsula where the density of stations is higher and station records are longer than elsewhere in Antarctica. Observations show that this area has seen larger temperature rises than anywhere else in Antarctica. None of the three GCMs simulate such large temperature changes in the Peninsula region, in either climate-change runs radiatively forced by CO2 increases or control runs which assess the level of model variability.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.3189/1998AoG27-1-565-570
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme
ISSN:	0260-3055
Date made live:	20 Nov 2013 13:09 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503938

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