Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 4, issue 3
Articles | Volume 4, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-4-571-2011
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-4-571-2011
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Articles | Volume 4, issue 3
Model experiment description paper
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01 Jul 2011
Model experiment description paper |  | 01 Jul 2011

Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP): experimental design and boundary conditions (Experiment 2)

A. M. Haywood, H. J. Dowsett, M. M. Robinson, D. K. Stoll, A. M. Dolan, D. J. Lunt, B. Otto-Bliesner, and M. A. Chandler

Abstract. The Palaeoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project has expanded to include a model intercomparison for the mid-Pliocene warm period (3.29 to 2.97 million yr ago). This project is referred to as PlioMIP (the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project). Two experiments have been agreed upon and together compose the initial phase of PlioMIP. The first (Experiment 1) is being performed with atmosphere-only climate models. The second (Experiment 2) utilises fully coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models. Following on from the publication of the experimental design and boundary conditions for Experiment 1 in Geoscientific Model Development, this paper provides the necessary description of differences and/or additions to the experimental design for Experiment 2.

How to cite. Haywood, A. M., Dowsett, H. J., Robinson, M. M., Stoll, D. K., Dolan, A. M., Lunt, D. J., Otto-Bliesner, B., and Chandler, M. A.: Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP): experimental design and boundary conditions (Experiment 2), Geosci. Model Dev., 4, 571–577, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-4-571-2011, 2011.
Received: 18 Feb 2011 – Discussion started: 02 Mar 2011 – Revised: 27 Jun 2011 – Accepted: 01 Jul 2011 – Published: 01 Jul 2011