Contribution of the coupled atmosphere–ocean–sea ice–vegetation model COSMOS to the PlioMIP2

Stepanek, Christian; Samakinwa, Eric; Knorr, Gregor; Lohmann, Gerrit

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2275-2020

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20 Nov 2020

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| 20 Nov 2020

Contribution of the coupled atmosphere–ocean–sea ice–vegetation model COSMOS to the PlioMIP2

Christian Stepanek, Eric Samakinwa, Gregor Knorr, and Gerrit Lohmann

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2275-2020-supplement

Data sets

Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 2 H. Dowsett https://geology.er.usgs.gov/egpsc/prism/7_pliomip2.html

Short summary

Future climate is expected to be warmer than today. We study climate based on simulations of the mid-Pliocene (about 3 million years ago), which was a time of elevated temperatures, and discuss implications for the future. Our results are provided towards a comparison to both proxy evidence and output of other climate models. We simulate a mid-Pliocene climate that is both warmer and wetter than today. Some climate characteristics can be more directly transferred to the near future than others.