CMIP6/PMIP4 simulations of the mid-Holocene and Last Interglacial using HadGEM3: comparison to the pre-industrial era, previous model versions and proxy data

Williams, Charles J. R.; Guarino, Maria-Vittoria; Capron, Emilie; Malmierca-Vallet, Irene; Singarayer, Joy S.; Sime, Louise C.; Lunt, Daniel J.; Valdes, Paul J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1429-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

Clim. Past, 16, 1429–1450, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1429-2020

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Special issue: Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project phase 4 (PMIP4)...

Clim. Past, 16, 1429–1450, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1429-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

Research article 06 Aug 2020

Research article | 06 Aug 2020

CMIP6/PMIP4 simulations of the mid-Holocene and Last Interglacial using HadGEM3: comparison to the pre-industrial era, previous model versions and proxy data

Charles J. R. Williams et al.

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Response letter to Reviewer 1', Charles Williams, 28 May 2020
RC2: 'Comments on the manuscript entitled "The UK contribution to CMIP6/PMIP4: mid-Holocene and Last Interglacial experiments with HadGEM3, and comparison to the pre-industrial era and proxy data"', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Feb 2020
- AC2: 'Response letter to Reviewer 2', Charles Williams, 28 May 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 May 2020) by Marie-France Loutre

AR by Charles Williams on behalf of the Authors (01 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (09 Jun 2020) by Marie-France Loutre

AR by Anna Mirena Feist-Polner on behalf of the Authors (25 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (30 Jun 2020) by Marie-France Loutre

AR by Charles Williams on behalf of the Authors (03 Jul 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Computer simulations of the geological past are an important tool to improve our understanding of climate change. We present results from two simulations using the latest version of the UK's climate model, the mid-Holocene (6000 years ago) and Last Interglacial (127 000 years ago). The simulations reproduce temperatures consistent with the pattern of incoming radiation. Model–data comparisons indicate that some regions (and some seasons) produce better matches to the data than others.