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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2537-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2537-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
08 Dec 2021
Research article |
| 08 Dec 2021
| 08 Dec 2021
Evaluating the large-scale hydrological cycle response within the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2) ensemble
College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Ran Feng
Department of Geosciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut, CT 06269, USA
Alan M. Haywood
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Julia C. Tindall
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Stephen J. Hunter
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Bette L. Otto-Bliesner
Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Esther C. Brady
Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Nan Rosenbloom
Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Zhongshi Zhang
Department of Atmospheric Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Xiangyu Li
Department of Atmospheric Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Chuncheng Guo
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Kerim H. Nisancioglu
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Christian Stepanek
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Gerrit Lohmann
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Linda E. Sohl
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, NY 10025, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NY, USA
Mark A. Chandler
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, NY 10025, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NY, USA
Ning Tan
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Universiteì Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Gilles Ramstein
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Universiteì Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Michiel L. J. Baatsen
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Department of Physics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Anna S. von der Heydt
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Department of Physics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Deepak Chandan
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
W. Richard Peltier
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Charles J. R. Williams
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
NCAS Climate, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Daniel J. Lunt
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Jianbo Cheng
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, China
Qin Wen
School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
Natalie J. Burls
Center for Ocean–Land–Atmosphere Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
Data sets
Lessons from a high-CO2 world: an ocean view from ~ 3 million years ago (https://pliovar.github.io/km5c.html) E. L. McClymont, H. L. Ford, S. L. Ho, J. C. Tindall, A. M. Haywood, M. Alonso-Garcia, I. Bailey, M. A. Berke, K. Littler, M. O. Patterson, B. Petrick, F. Peterse, A. C. Ravelo, B. Risebrobakken, S. De Schepper, G. E. A. Swann, K. Thirumalai, J. E. Tierney, C. van der Weijst, S. White, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. L. J. Baatsen, E. C. Brady, W.-L. Chan, D. Chandan, R. Feng, C. Guo, A. S. von der Heydt, S. Hunter, X. Li, G. Lohmann, K. H. Nisancioglu, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, W. R. Peltier, C. Stepanek, and Z. Zhang https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1599-2020
Increased climate response and earth system sensitivity from CCSM4 to CESM2 in mid-Pliocene simulations (https://www.cesm.ucar.edu/models/) R. Feng, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, E. C. Brady, and N. Rosenbloom https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS002033
Short summary
Understanding the potential processes responsible for large-scale hydrological cycle changes in a warmer climate is of great importance. Our study implies that an imbalance in interhemispheric atmospheric energy during the mid-Pliocene could have led to changes in the dynamic effect, offsetting the thermodynamic effect and, hence, altering mid-Pliocene hydroclimate cycling. Moreover, a robust westward shift in the Pacific Walker circulation can moisten the northern Indian Ocean.
Understanding the potential processes responsible for large-scale hydrological cycle changes in...
