Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate: results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)–Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4)
The modeling of paleoclimate, using physically based tools, is increasingly seen as a strong out-of-sample test of the models that are used for the projection of future climate changes. New to the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) is the Tier 1 Last Interglacial experiment for 127 000 ye...
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The modeling of paleoclimate, using physically based tools, is increasingly seen as a strong out-of-sample test of the models that are used for the projection of future climate changes. New to the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) is the Tier 1 Last Interglacial experiment for 127 000 years ago (lig127k), designed to address the climate responses to stronger orbital forcing than the midHolocene experiment, using the same state-of-the-art models as for the future and following a common experimental protocol. Here we present a first analysis of a multi-model ensemble of 17 climate models, all of which have completed the CMIP6 DECK (Diagnostic, Evaluation and Characterization of Klima) experiments. The equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) of these models varies from 1.8 to 5.6 ∘C. The seasonal character of the insolation anomalies results in strong summer warming over the Northern Hemisphere continents in the lig127k ensemble as compared to the CMIP6 piControl and much-reduced minimum sea ice in the Arctic. The multi-model results indicate enhanced summer monsoonal precipitation in the Northern Hemisphere and reductions in the Southern Hemisphere. These responses are greater in the lig127k than the CMIP6 midHolocene simulations as expected from the larger insolation anomalies at 127 than 6 ka. New synthesis for surface temperature and precipitation, targeted for 127 ka, have been developed for comparison to the multi-model ensemble. The lig127k model ensemble and data reconstructions are in good agreement for summer temperature anomalies over Canada, Scandinavia, and the North Atlantic and for precipitation over the Northern Hemisphere continents. The model–data comparisons and mismatches point to further study of the sensitivity of the simulations to uncertainties in the boundary conditions and of the uncertainties and sparse coverage in current proxy reconstructions. The CMIP6–Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4) lig127k simulations, in combination with the proxy record, improve our confidence in future projections of monsoons, surface temperature, and Arctic sea ice, thus providing a key target for model evaluation and optimization. |
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Otto-Bliesner, Bette L. Brady, Esther C. Zhao, Anni Brierley, Chris M. Axford, Yarrow Capron, Emilie Govin, Aline Hoffman, Jeremy S. Isaacs, Elizabeth Kageyama, Masa Scussolini, Paolo Tzedakis, Polychronis C. Williams, Charles J. R. Wolff, Eric Abe-Ouchi, Ayako Braconnot, Pascale Ramos Buarque, Silvana Cao, Jian de Vernal, Anne Guarino, Maria Vittoria Guo, Chuncheng LeGrande, Allegra N. Lohmann, Gerrit Meissner, Katrin J. Menviel, Laurie Morozova, Polina A. Nisancioglu, Kerim H. O'ishi, Ryouta Salas y Mélia, David Shi, Xiaoxu Sicard, Marie Sime, Louise Stepanek, Christian Tomas, Robert Volodin, Evgeny Yeung, Nicholas K. H. Zhang, Qiong Zhang, Zhongshi Zheng, Weipeng |
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Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate: results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)–Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4) |
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Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate: results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)–Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4) |
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:53506 2023-05-15T15:03:41+02:00 Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate: results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)–Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4) Otto-Bliesner, Bette L. Brady, Esther C. Zhao, Anni Brierley, Chris M. Axford, Yarrow Capron, Emilie Govin, Aline Hoffman, Jeremy S. Isaacs, Elizabeth Kageyama, Masa Scussolini, Paolo Tzedakis, Polychronis C. Williams, Charles J. R. Wolff, Eric Abe-Ouchi, Ayako Braconnot, Pascale Ramos Buarque, Silvana Cao, Jian de Vernal, Anne Guarino, Maria Vittoria Guo, Chuncheng LeGrande, Allegra N. Lohmann, Gerrit Meissner, Katrin J. Menviel, Laurie Morozova, Polina A. Nisancioglu, Kerim H. O'ishi, Ryouta Salas y Mélia, David Shi, Xiaoxu Sicard, Marie Sime, Louise Stepanek, Christian Tomas, Robert Volodin, Evgeny Yeung, Nicholas K. H. Zhang, Qiong Zhang, Zhongshi Zheng, Weipeng 2021 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53506/ https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-63-2021 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.8e6590b5-6808-4781-951a-b5d2282b7f9e unknown Copernicus Otto-Bliesner, B. L. , Brady, E. C. , Zhao, A. , Brierley, C. M. , Axford, Y. , Capron, E. , Govin, A. , Hoffman, J. S. , Isaacs, E. , Kageyama, M. , Scussolini, P. , Tzedakis, P. C. , Williams, C. J. R. , Wolff, E. , Abe-Ouchi, A. , Braconnot, P. , Ramos Buarque, S. , Cao, J. , de Vernal, A. , Guarino, M. V. , Guo, C. , LeGrande, A. N. , Lohmann, G. orcid:0000-0003-2089-733X , Meissner, K. J. , Menviel, L. , Morozova, P. A. , Nisancioglu, K. H. , O'ishi, R. , Salas y Mélia, D. , Shi, X. orcid:0000-0001-7793-9639 , Sicard, M. , Sime, L. , Stepanek, C. orcid:0000-0002-3912-6271 , Tomas, R. , Volodin, E. , Yeung, N. K. H. , Zhang, Q. , Zhang, Z. and Zheng, W. (2021) Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate: results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)–Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4) , Climate of the Past, 17 (1), pp. 63-94 . doi:10.5194/cp-17-63-2021 <https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-63-2021> , hdl:10013/epic.8e6590b5-6808-4781-951a-b5d2282b7f9e EPIC3Climate of the Past, Copernicus, 17(1), pp. 63-94, ISSN: 1814-9332 Article isiRev 2021 ftawi https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-63-2021 2021-12-24T15:46:07Z The modeling of paleoclimate, using physically based tools, is increasingly seen as a strong out-of-sample test of the models that are used for the projection of future climate changes. New to the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) is the Tier 1 Last Interglacial experiment for 127 000 years ago (lig127k), designed to address the climate responses to stronger orbital forcing than the midHolocene experiment, using the same state-of-the-art models as for the future and following a common experimental protocol. Here we present a first analysis of a multi-model ensemble of 17 climate models, all of which have completed the CMIP6 DECK (Diagnostic, Evaluation and Characterization of Klima) experiments. The equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) of these models varies from 1.8 to 5.6 ∘C. The seasonal character of the insolation anomalies results in strong summer warming over the Northern Hemisphere continents in the lig127k ensemble as compared to the CMIP6 piControl and much-reduced minimum sea ice in the Arctic. The multi-model results indicate enhanced summer monsoonal precipitation in the Northern Hemisphere and reductions in the Southern Hemisphere. These responses are greater in the lig127k than the CMIP6 midHolocene simulations as expected from the larger insolation anomalies at 127 than 6 ka. New synthesis for surface temperature and precipitation, targeted for 127 ka, have been developed for comparison to the multi-model ensemble. The lig127k model ensemble and data reconstructions are in good agreement for summer temperature anomalies over Canada, Scandinavia, and the North Atlantic and for precipitation over the Northern Hemisphere continents. The model–data comparisons and mismatches point to further study of the sensitivity of the simulations to uncertainties in the boundary conditions and of the uncertainties and sparse coverage in current proxy reconstructions. The CMIP6–Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4) lig127k simulations, in combination with the proxy record, improve our confidence in future projections of monsoons, surface temperature, and Arctic sea ice, thus providing a key target for model evaluation and optimization. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic North Atlantic Sea ice Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Arctic Canada Climate of the Past 17 1 63 94 |