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Causes of the weak emergent constraint on climate sensitivity at the Last Glacial Maximum
Department of Meteorology, Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Navjit Sagoo
Department of Meteorology, Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Jiang Zhu
Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA
Thorsten Mauritsen
Department of Meteorology, Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Short summary
The relationship between the Last Glacial Maximum and the sensitivity of climate models to a doubling of CO2 can be used to estimate the true sensitivity of the Earth. However, this relationship has varied in successive model generations. In this study, we assess multiple processes at the Last Glacial Maximum which weaken this relationship. For example, how models respond to the presence of ice sheets is a large contributor of uncertainty.
The relationship between the Last Glacial Maximum and the sensitivity of climate models to a...
