Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2139-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2139-2021
Research article
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18 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 18 Oct 2021

Simulation of the mid-Pliocene Warm Period using HadGEM3: experimental design and results from model–model and model–data comparison

Charles J. R. Williams, Alistair A. Sellar, Xin Ren, Alan M. Haywood, Peter Hopcroft, Stephen J. Hunter, William H. G. Roberts, Robin S. Smith, Emma J. Stone, Julia C. Tindall, and Daniel J. Lunt

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on cp-2021-40', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 May 2021
  • RC2: 'Review of cp-2021-40', Chris Brierley, 24 Jun 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (28 Jul 2021) by Andreas Schmittner
AR by Charles Williams on behalf of the Authors (18 Aug 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Aug 2021) by Andreas Schmittner
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (10 Sep 2021)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (13 Sep 2021) by Andreas Schmittner
AR by Charles Williams on behalf of the Authors (16 Sep 2021)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
Computer simulations of the geological past are an important tool to improve our understanding of climate change. We present results from a simulation of the mid-Pliocene (approximately 3 million years ago) using the latest version of the UK’s climate model. The simulation reproduces temperatures as expected and shows some improvement relative to previous versions of the same model. The simulation is, however, arguably too warm when compared to other models and available observations.