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Model description paper
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10 Dec 2019
Model description paper |
| 10 Dec 2019
| 10 Dec 2019
PALEO-PGEM v1.0: a statistical emulator of Pliocene–Pleistocene climate
Philip B. Holden
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
Neil R. Edwards
Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
Thiago F. Rangel
Departmento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiaìs, CP 131,
74.001-970 Goiânia, Goiaìs, Brazil
Elisa B. Pereira
Departmento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiaìs, CP 131,
74.001-970 Goiânia, Goiaìs, Brazil
Giang T. Tran
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker
Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Richard D. Wilkinson
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield,
Sheffield, UK
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We describe the development of the Paleoclimate PLASIM-GENIE emulator and its application to derive a high-resolution spatio-temporal description of the climate of the last 5 x 106 years. Spatial fields of bioclimatic variables are emulated at 1000-year intervals, driven by time series of scalar boundary-condition forcing (CO2, orbit, and ice volume). Emulated anomalies are interpolated into modern climatology to produce a high-resolution climate reconstruction of the Pliocene–Pleistocene.
We describe the development of the Paleoclimate PLASIM-GENIE emulator and its application to...
