Evaluation of Arctic warming in mid-Pliocene climate simulations

de Nooijer, Wesley; Zhang, Qiong; Li, Qiang; Zhang, Qiang; Li, Xiangyu; Zhang, Zhongshi; Guo, Chuncheng; Nisancioglu, Kerim H.; Haywood, Alan M.; Tindall, Julia C.; Hunter, Stephen J.; Dowsett, Harry J.; Stepanek, Christian; Lohmann, Gerrit; Otto-Bliesner, Bette L.; Feng, Ran; Sohl, Linda E.; Chandler, Mark A.; Tan, Ning; Contoux, Camille; Ramstein, Gilles; Baatsen, Michiel L. J.; von der Heydt, Anna S.; Chandan, Deepak; Peltier, W. Richard; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Chan, Wing-Le; Kamae, Youichi; Brierley, Chris M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2325-2020

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Evaluation of Arctic warming in mid-Pliocene climate simulations

Wesley de Nooijer, Qiong Zhang, Qiang Li, Qiang Zhang, Xiangyu Li, Zhongshi Zhang, Chuncheng Guo, Kerim H. Nisancioglu, Alan M. Haywood, Julia C. Tindall, Stephen J. Hunter, Harry J. Dowsett, Christian Stepanek, Gerrit Lohmann, Bette L. Otto-Bliesner, Ran Feng, Linda E. Sohl, Mark A. Chandler, Ning Tan, Camille Contoux, Gilles Ramstein, Michiel L. J. Baatsen, Anna S. von der Heydt, Deepak Chandan, W. Richard Peltier, Ayako Abe-Ouchi, Wing-Le Chan, Youichi Kamae, and Chris M. Brierley

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 May 2020
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RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Author response to Referee #2', Qiong Zhang, 03 Aug 2020

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (17 Aug 2020) by Alessio Rovere

AR by Qiong Zhang on behalf of the Authors (24 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (06 Sep 2020) by Alessio Rovere

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Sep 2020) by Alessio Rovere

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (05 Oct 2020)

ED: Publish as is (05 Oct 2020) by Alessio Rovere

AR by Qiong Zhang on behalf of the Authors (14 Oct 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

The simulations for the past climate can inform us about the performance of climate models in different climate scenarios. Here, we analyse Arctic warming in an ensemble of 16 simulations of the mid-Pliocene Warm Period (mPWP), when the CO₂ level was comparable to today. The results highlight the importance of slow feedbacks in the model simulations and imply that we must be careful when using simulations of the mPWP as an analogue for future climate change.