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Articles | Volume 20, issue 9
Articles | Volume 20, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-1989-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-1989-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 20, issue 9
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12 Sep 2024
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Can we reliably reconstruct the mid-Pliocene Warm Period with sparse data and uncertain models?

James D. Annan, Julia C. Hargreaves, Thorsten Mauritsen, Erin McClymont, and Sze Ling Ho

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This study presents an interesting attempt to reconstruct global surface temperature by combining sparse SST proxy data and PlioMIP2 simulations using a state-of-the-art data assimilation framework. The work highlights the potential of this method for providing key insights into past warming patterns, and will serve as a good starting point for future investigations.
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We have created a new global surface temperature reconstruction of the climate of the mid-Pliocene Warm Period, representing the period roughly 3.2 million years before the present day. We estimate that the globally averaged mean temperature was around 3.9 °C warmer than it was in pre-industrial times, but there is significant uncertainty in this value.
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