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Model experiment description paper
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26 Feb 2021
Model experiment description paper |
| 26 Feb 2021
| 26 Feb 2021
Simulating the mid-Holocene, last interglacial and mid-Pliocene climate with EC-Earth3-LR
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
10691, Sweden
Ellen Berntell
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
10691, Sweden
Josefine Axelsson
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
10691, Sweden
Jie Chen
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
10691, Sweden
College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University,
Lanzhou, 730000, China
Zixuan Han
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
10691, Sweden
Wesley de Nooijer
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
10691, Sweden
Zhengyao Lu
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund
University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
10691, Sweden
Qiang Zhang
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
10691, Sweden
Klaus Wyser
Rossby Centre, Swedish Metrological and Hydrological Institute,
Norrköping, 60176, Sweden
Shuting Yang
Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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Short summary
Paleoclimate modelling has long been regarded as a strong out-of-sample test bed of the climate models that are used for the projection of future climate changes. Here, we document the model experimental setups for the three past warm periods with EC-Earth3-LR and present the results on the large-scale features. The simulations demonstrate good performance of the model in capturing the climate response under different climate forcings.
Paleoclimate modelling has long been regarded as a strong out-of-sample test bed of the climate...
