Using palaeo-climate comparisons to constrain future projections in CMIP5
International audience We present a selection of methodologies for using the palaeo-climate model component of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (Phase 5) (CMIP5) to attempt to constrain future climate projections using the same models. The constraints arise from measures of skill in hindcas...
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International audience We present a selection of methodologies for using the palaeo-climate model component of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (Phase 5) (CMIP5) to attempt to constrain future climate projections using the same models. The constraints arise from measures of skill in hindcasting palaeo-climate changes from the present over three periods: the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) (21 000 yr before present, ka), the mid-Holocene (MH) (6 ka) and the Last Millennium (LM) (850-1850 CE). The skill measures may be used to validate robust patterns of climate change across scenarios or to distinguish between models that have differing outcomes in future scenarios. We find that the multi-model ensemble of palaeo-simulations is adequate for addressing at least some of these issues. For example, selected benchmarks for the LGM and MH are correlated to the rank of future projections of precipitation/temperature or sea ice extent to indicate that models that produce the best agreement with palaeo-climate information give demonstrably different future results than the rest of the models. We also explore cases where comparisons are strongly dependent on uncertain forcing time series or show important non-stationarity, making direct inferences for the future problematic. Overall, we demonstrate that there is a strong potential for the palaeo-climate simulations to help inform the future projections and urge all the modelling groups to complete this subset of the CMIP5 runs.©Author(s) 2014. |
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Using palaeo-climate comparisons to constrain future projections in CMIP5 |
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Using palaeo-climate comparisons to constrain future projections in CMIP5 |
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Using palaeo-climate comparisons to constrain future projections in CMIP5 |
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Using palaeo-climate comparisons to constrain future projections in CMIP5 |
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Using palaeo-climate comparisons to constrain future projections in CMIP5 |
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ftecolehess:oai:HAL:hal-01089496v1 2023-07-16T04:00:50+02:00 Using palaeo-climate comparisons to constrain future projections in CMIP5 Schmidt, G. A. Annan, J. D. Bartlein, P. J. Cook, B. I. Guilyardi, Éric Hargreaves, J. C. Harrison, S. P. Kageyama, Masa Legrande, Allegra N. Konecky, B. Lovejoy, S. Mann, M. E. Masson-Delmotte, Valérie Risi, Camille Thompson, D. Timmermann, Axel Yiou, Pascal NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC) Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) University of Oregon Eugene NCAS-Climate Reading Department of Meteorology Reading University of Reading (UOR)-University of Reading (UOR) Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)) École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Sciences (SAGES) University of Reading (UOR) Macquarie University Centre for Past Climate Change (CPCC) Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Modélisation du climat (CLIM) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Brown University McGill University = Université McGill Montréal, Canada Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) Penn State System Glaces et Continents, Climats et Isotopes Stables (GLACCIOS) Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL) Department of Geosciences University of Arizona University of Arizona University of Hawaii, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States Extrèmes : Statistiques, Impacts et Régionalisation (ESTIMR) 2014 https://hal.science/hal-01089496 https://hal.science/hal-01089496/document https://hal.science/hal-01089496/file/cp-10-221-2014.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-221-2014 en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union (EGU) info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/cp-10-221-2014 hal-01089496 https://hal.science/hal-01089496 https://hal.science/hal-01089496/document https://hal.science/hal-01089496/file/cp-10-221-2014.pdf doi:10.5194/cp-10-221-2014 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1814-9324 EISSN: 1814-9332 Climate of the Past https://hal.science/hal-01089496 Climate of the Past, 2014, 10 (1), pp.221-250. ⟨10.5194/cp-10-221-2014⟩ [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2014 ftecolehess https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-221-2014 2023-06-28T16:19:20Z International audience We present a selection of methodologies for using the palaeo-climate model component of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (Phase 5) (CMIP5) to attempt to constrain future climate projections using the same models. The constraints arise from measures of skill in hindcasting palaeo-climate changes from the present over three periods: the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) (21 000 yr before present, ka), the mid-Holocene (MH) (6 ka) and the Last Millennium (LM) (850-1850 CE). The skill measures may be used to validate robust patterns of climate change across scenarios or to distinguish between models that have differing outcomes in future scenarios. We find that the multi-model ensemble of palaeo-simulations is adequate for addressing at least some of these issues. For example, selected benchmarks for the LGM and MH are correlated to the rank of future projections of precipitation/temperature or sea ice extent to indicate that models that produce the best agreement with palaeo-climate information give demonstrably different future results than the rest of the models. We also explore cases where comparisons are strongly dependent on uncertain forcing time series or show important non-stationarity, making direct inferences for the future problematic. Overall, we demonstrate that there is a strong potential for the palaeo-climate simulations to help inform the future projections and urge all the modelling groups to complete this subset of the CMIP5 runs.©Author(s) 2014. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice Unknown Climate of the Past 10 1 221 250 |