The PRISM Model/Data Cooperative: Mid-Pliocene data-model comparisons

NASA GISS Mid-Pliocene Model Simulations

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Modelling the mid-Pliocene climate with the IPSL model

Modelling the mid-Pliocene Warm Period climate with the IPSL coupled model and its atmospheric component LMDZ4 C. Contoux, G. Ramstein, and A. Jost Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, UMR8212, Orme des Merisiers, CE Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR7619, Sisyphe, 75005, Paris, France CNRS, UMR7619, Sisyphe, 75005, ...

The PRISM (Pliocene palaeoclimate) reconstruction: time for a paradigm shift.

Global palaeoclimate reconstructions have been invaluable to our understanding of the causes and effects of climate change, but single-temperature representations of the oceanic mixed layer for data-model comparisons are outdated, and the time for a paradigm shift in marine palaeoclimate reconstruction is overdue. The new paradigm in marine palaeoclimate reconstruction stems the loss of valuabl...

The Arctic cryosphere in the Mid-Pliocene and the future.

The Mid-Pliocene (ca 3Myr ago) was a relatively warm period, with increased atmospheric CO2 relative to pre-industrial. It has therefore been highlighted as a possible palaeo-analogue for the future. However, changed vegetation patterns, orography and smaller ice sheets also influenced the Mid-Pliocene climate. Here, using a general circulation model and ice-sheet model, we determine the relati...

The mid - Pliocene climate simulated by FGOALS - g 2