Simulation data for tracing snowball bifurcation on an earth-like aquaplanet over 4 billion years
Abstract The atmospheric concentration of CO2 at which global glaciation (snowball) bifurcation occurs, changes throughout Earth's history, most notably because of the slowly increasing solar luminosity. Quantifying this critical CO2 concentration is not only interesting from a climate dynamics...
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Abstract The atmospheric concentration of CO2 at which global glaciation (snowball) bifurcation occurs, changes throughout Earth's history, most notably because of the slowly increasing solar luminosity. Quantifying this critical CO2 concentration is not only interesting from a climate dynamics perspective, but also an important prerequisite for understanding past Snowball Earth episodes as well as the conditions for habitability on Earth and other planets. Here we use the coupled climate model CLIMBER-3α in an Aquaplanet configuration to scan for the Snowball bifurcation point for time slices spanning the last 4 billion years, thus quantifying the time evolution of the bifurcation and identifying a qualitative shift in critical state dynamics. Methods To scan for the Snowball bifurcation for more than a dozen time slices throughout Earth’s history, we use the relatively fast Earth-system model of intermediate complexity CLIMBER-3α. It consists of a modified version of the ocean general circulation model (OGCM) MOM3 with a horizontal resolution of 3.75◦× 3.75◦ and 24 vertical levels, a dynamic/thermodynamic sea-ice model the same horizontal resolution and a fast statistical-dynamical atmosphere model with a coarse horizontal resolution of 22.5◦ in longitude and 7.5◦ in latitude. The sea-ice model explicitly takes into account sea-ice dynamics, a factor which has been found to be of crucial importance for the Snowball bifurcation. The effects of snow cover on sea ice are explicitly taken into account. The main limitations of the model relate to its simplified atmosphere component. For more details see the corresponding paper. |
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Simulation data for tracing snowball bifurcation on an earth-like aquaplanet over 4 billion years |
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Simulation data for tracing snowball bifurcation on an earth-like aquaplanet over 4 billion years |
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Simulation data for tracing snowball bifurcation on an earth-like aquaplanet over 4 billion years |
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ftgfzpotsdamdata:oai:doidb.wdc-terra.org:7729 2023-05-15T18:17:27+02:00 Simulation data for tracing snowball bifurcation on an earth-like aquaplanet over 4 billion years Feulner, Georg Bukenberger, Mona Sofie Petri, Stefan Feulner, Georg Bukenberger, Mona Sofie Petri, Stefan 18 time slices from today over 3600 Ma -180 180 -90 90 2022 https://doi.org/10.5880/PIK.2022.003 unknown GFZ Data Services doi:10.1089/ast.2010.0545 doi:10.1007/s00382-001-0198-4 doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020749 doi:10.1111/j.2153-3490.1969.tb00466.x doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1977)034<1696:otbsod>2.0.co;2 doi:10.1029/2000JD900221 doi:10.1002/jgrd.50808 doi:10.1007/s11214-020-00711-9 doi:10.1007/s00382-001-0200-1 doi:10.1007/s00382-003-0378-5 doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1976)033<0003:csfast>2.0.co;2 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2011.04.003 doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1972)011<0004:aimote>2.0.co;2 doi:10.1029/2011GL048529 doi:10.1029/2011RG000375 doi:10.1073/pnas.1712062114 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.001 doi:10.1038/ngeo2523 doi:10.1029/97JC00480 doi:10.1130/G38682.1 doi:10.1038/ncomms14845 doi:10.1029/2007GL031115 doi:10.3402/tellusa.v28i2.10261 doi:10.1007/BF00151270 doi:10.5194/cp-5-785-2009 doi:10.3402/tellusa.v26i6.9870 doi:10.1038/nature02471 doi:10.1046/j.1365-3121.2002.00408.x doi:10.1029/2005JC003279 doi:10.1007/BF00206862 doi:10.1002/2014JD022466 doi:10.1029/1998GL900298 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.011 doi:10.1016/0301-9268(87)90001-5 doi:10.1029/2012GL054381 doi:10.5194/cp-9-1841-2013 doi:10.1029/2010GL045777 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2013.09.011 doi:10.5194/cp-10-697-2014 doi:10.1126/sciadv.aay4644 doi:10.1029/2003PA000926 doi:10.1029/2006JC004037 doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1977)034<1487:srmosc>2.0.co;2 doi:10.5194/cp-9-2555-2013 doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3278-1 doi:10.1007/s00382-005-0044-1 doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1975)032<1301:astasc>2.0.co;2 doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1975)032<2033:toebcm>2.0.co;2 doi:10.1016/0921-8181(90)90003-U doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1979)036<1189:dbsama>2.0.co;2 CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ paleoclimate Snowball Earth global glaciation snowball bifurcation EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > GLACIATION EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > COUPLED CLIMATE MODELS Dataset 2022 ftgfzpotsdamdata https://doi.org/10.5880/PIK.2022.00310.1089/ast.2010.054510.1007/s00382-001-0198-410.1051/0004-6361:2002074910.1111/j.2153-3490.1969.tb00466.x10.1175/1520-0469(1977)034<1696:otbsod>2.0.co;210.1029/2000JD90022110.1002/jgrd.5080810.1007/s11214-020-00711-910 2023-04-09T23:37:27Z Abstract The atmospheric concentration of CO2 at which global glaciation (snowball) bifurcation occurs, changes throughout Earth's history, most notably because of the slowly increasing solar luminosity. Quantifying this critical CO2 concentration is not only interesting from a climate dynamics perspective, but also an important prerequisite for understanding past Snowball Earth episodes as well as the conditions for habitability on Earth and other planets. Here we use the coupled climate model CLIMBER-3α in an Aquaplanet configuration to scan for the Snowball bifurcation point for time slices spanning the last 4 billion years, thus quantifying the time evolution of the bifurcation and identifying a qualitative shift in critical state dynamics. Methods To scan for the Snowball bifurcation for more than a dozen time slices throughout Earth’s history, we use the relatively fast Earth-system model of intermediate complexity CLIMBER-3α. It consists of a modified version of the ocean general circulation model (OGCM) MOM3 with a horizontal resolution of 3.75◦× 3.75◦ and 24 vertical levels, a dynamic/thermodynamic sea-ice model the same horizontal resolution and a fast statistical-dynamical atmosphere model with a coarse horizontal resolution of 22.5◦ in longitude and 7.5◦ in latitude. The sea-ice model explicitly takes into account sea-ice dynamics, a factor which has been found to be of crucial importance for the Snowball bifurcation. The effects of snow cover on sea ice are explicitly taken into account. The main limitations of the model relate to its simplified atmosphere component. For more details see the corresponding paper. Dataset Sea ice GFZ Data Services (German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam) |