Geoscientific Model Development

An Interactive Open Access Journal of the European Geosciences Union

| Contact |
Volumes and Issues  Contents of Issue 2  Special Issue  
Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., 2, 1215-1244, 2009
www.geosci-model-dev-discuss.net/2/1215/2009/
doi:10.5194/gmdd-2-1215-2009
© Author(s) 2009. This work is distributed
under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

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

A. M. Haywood1, H. J. Dowsett2, B. Otto-Bliesner3, M. A. Chandler4,5, A. M. Dolan1, D. J. Hill6, D. J. Lunt6,7, M. M. Robinson2, N. Rosenbloom3, U. Salzmann6, and L. E. Sohl4,5
1School of Earth and Environment, Univ. of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
2Eastern Geology and Climate Science Center, US Geological Survey, MS926A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, USA
3CCR, CGD/NCAR, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA
4Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia Univ., 2880 Broadway, New York, New York 10025, USA
5NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
6British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, Cambs, CB3 0ET, UK
7School of Geographical Sciences, Univ. of Bristol, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK

Abstract. In 2008 the temporal focus of the Palaeoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project was expanded to include a model intercomparison for the mid-Pliocene warm period (ca. 2.97 to 3.29 Ma BP). This project is referred to as PlioMIP (Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project). Two experiments have been agreed upon and comprise phase 1 of the PlioMIP. The first (Experiment 1) will be performed with atmosphere-only GCMs. The second (Experiment 2) will utilise fully coupled ocean-atmosphere GCMs. This paper describes the experimental design and boundary conditions that will be utilised for Experiment 1 of the PlioMIP project.

Discussion Paper (PDF, 1457 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (GMD)   Special Issue

Citation: 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., and Sohl, L. E.: Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP): experimental design and boundary conditions (Experiment 1), Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., 2, 1215-1244, doi:10.5194/gmdd-2-1215-2009, 2009.   Bibtex   EndNote   Reference Manager    XML
 

Search GMD


News

Recent Papers