ZEMBA v1.0: an energy and moisture balance climate model to investigate Quaternary climate

Gunning, Daniel F. J.; Nisancioglu, Kerim H.; Capron, Emilie; van de Wal, Roderik S. W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-2479-2025

Articles | Volume 18, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-2479-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-2479-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 9

Model description paper

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05 May 2025

Model description paper |

| 05 May 2025

ZEMBA v1.0: an energy and moisture balance climate model to investigate Quaternary climate

Daniel F. J. Gunning, Kerim H. Nisancioglu, Emilie Capron, and Roderik S. W. van de Wal

Model code and software

zemba_v01 Daniel F. J. Gunning https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11155259

Short summary

This work documents the first results from ZEMBA: an energy balance model of the climate system. The model is a computationally efficient tool designed to study the response of climate to changes in the Earth's orbit. We demonstrate that ZEMBA reproduces many features of the Earth's climate for both the pre-industrial period and the Earth's most recent cold extreme – the Last Glacial Maximum. We intend to develop ZEMBA further and investigate the glacial cycles of the last 2.5 million years.