Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) : experimental design and boundary conditions (Experiment 1)

Haywood, A.M.; Dowsett, H.J.; Otto-Bliesner, B.; Chandler, M.A.; Dolan, A.M.; Hill, D.J.; Lunt, D.J.; Robinson, M.M.; Rosenbloom, N.; Salzmann, U.; Sohl, L.E.. 2010 Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) : experimental design and boundary conditions (Experiment 1). Geoscientific Model Development, 3. 227-242.

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Abstract/Summary

In 2008 the temporal focus of the Palaeoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project was expanded to include a model intercomparison for the mid-Pliocene warm period (3.29–2.97 million years ago). This project is referred to as PlioMIP (Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project). Two experiments have been agreed upon and comprise phase 1 of PlioMIP. The first (Experiment 1) will be performed with atmosphere-only climate models. The second (Experiment 2) will utilise fully coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models. The aim of this paper is to provide a detailed model intercomparison project description which documents the experimental design in a more detailed way than has previously been done in the literature. Specifically, this paper describes the experimental design and boundary conditions that will be utilised for Experiment 1 of PlioMIP.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Environmental Change and Evolution BGS Programmes 2010 > Climate Change Science
ISSN:	1991-959X
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of the description, development and evaluation of numerical models of the Earth System and its components.
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences Meteorology and Climatology Glaciology Earth Sciences
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Date made live:	22 Apr 2010 15:09 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9623

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