The effect of a dynamic soil scheme on the climate of the mid-Holocene and  the Last Glacial Maximum

Stärz, M.; Lohmann, G.; Knorr, G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-151-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-151-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-151-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Research article

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29 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 29 Jan 2016

The effect of a dynamic soil scheme on the climate of the mid-Holocene and the Last Glacial Maximum

M. Stärz, G. Lohmann, and G. Knorr

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RC C1531: 'Review of cp-2013-69', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Jul 2013
RC C1534: 'my review of Dynamic soil feedbacks on the climate of the...', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Jul 2013
EC C1632: 'Editor comment', Pascale Braconnot, 02 Aug 2013
- AC C2760: 'Answer to the editor', Michael Stärz, 29 Nov 2013
AC C2763: 'Answer to the editor and the reviewers', Michael Stärz, 29 Nov 2013

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In order to account for coupled climate-soil processes, we developed a soil scheme which is asynchronously coupled to an earth system model. We tested the scheme and found additional warming for a relatively warm climate (mid-Holocene), and extra cooling for a colder (Last Glacial Maximum) than preindustrial climate. These findings indicate a relatively strong positive soil feedback to climate, which may help to reduce model-data discrepancies for the climate of the geological past.