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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1997-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1997-2022
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01 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 01 Sep 2022

Glacial state of the global carbon cycle: time-slice simulations for the last glacial maximum with an Earth-system model

Takasumi Kurahashi-Nakamura, André Paul, Ute Merkel, and Michael Schulz

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With a comprehensive Earth-system model including the global carbon cycle, we simulated the climate state during the last glacial maximum. We demonstrated that the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere both in the modern (pre-industrial) age (~280 ppm) and in the glacial age (~190 ppm) can be reproduced by the model with a common configuration by giving reasonable model forcing and total ocean inventories of carbon and other biogeochemical matter for the respective ages.