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

Haywood, Alan, Dowsett, Harry, Otto-Bliesner, Bette, Chandler, Mark, Dolan, Aisling, Hill, Daniel, Lunt, Daniel, Robinson, Marci, Rosenbloom, Nan, Salzmann, Ulrich and Sohl, Linda (2010) Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP): experimental design and boundary conditions (Experiment 1). Geoscientific Model Development, 3 (1). pp. 227-242. ISSN 1991-9603

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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 (3.29–2.97 million years ago). This project is referred to as PlioMIP (Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project). Two experiments have been agreed upon and comprise phase 1 of PlioMIP. The first (Experiment 1) will be performed with atmosphere-only climate models. The second (Experiment 2) will utilise fully coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models. The aim of this paper is to provide a detailed model intercomparison project description which documents the experimental design in a more detailed way than has previously been done in the literature. Specifically, this paper describes the experimental design and boundary conditions that will be utilised for Experiment 1 of PlioMIP.

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