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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2053-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2053-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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26 Oct 2023
Research article |
| 26 Oct 2023
| 26 Oct 2023
The hydrological cycle and ocean circulation of the Maritime Continent in the Pliocene: results from PlioMIP2
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Daniel J. Lunt
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Erica Hendy
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Anna von der Heydt
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Department of Physics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Ayako Abe-Ouchi
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
Bette Otto-Bliesner
Climate & Global Change Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Charles J. R. Williams
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
NCAS, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Christian Stepanek
Alfred-Wegener-Institut – Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar and Meeresforschung (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
Chuncheng Guo
Norce Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Deepak Chandan
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Gerrit Lohmann
Alfred-Wegener-Institut – Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar and Meeresforschung (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
Julia C. Tindall
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Linda E. Sohl
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Mark A. Chandler
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Masa Kageyama
LSCE/IPSL – Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ – CE Saclay, L'Orme des Merisiers, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Michiel L. J. Baatsen
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Department of Physics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Qiong Zhang
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Ran Feng
Department of Earth Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Stephen Hunter
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Wing-Le Chan
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
W. Richard Peltier
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Xiangyu Li
Centre for Severe Weather and Climate and Hydro-geological Hazards, Wuhan, China
Department of Atmospheric Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Climate Change Research Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Youichi Kamae
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Zhongshi Zhang
Norce Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Department of Atmospheric Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Alan M. Haywood
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Data sets
PRISM4 boundary conditions H. Dowsett https://geology.er.usgs.gov/egpsc/prism/7.2_pliomip2_data.html
Short summary
We investigate the Maritime Continent climate in the mid-Piacenzian warm period and find it is warmer and wetter and the sea surface salinity is lower compared with preindustrial period. Besides, the fresh and warm water transfer through the Maritime Continent was stronger. In order to avoid undue influence from closely related models in the multimodel results, we introduce a new metric, the multi-cluster mean, which could reveal spatial signals that are not captured by the multimodel mean.
We investigate the Maritime Continent climate in the mid-Piacenzian warm period and find it is...
