Insights into the Australian mid-Holocene climate using downscaled climate models

Lowry, Andrew L.; McGowan, Hamish A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-2309-2024

Articles | Volume 20, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-2309-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-2309-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 10

Research article

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14 Oct 2024

Research article |

| 14 Oct 2024

Insights into the Australian mid-Holocene climate using downscaled climate models

Andrew L. Lowry and Hamish A. McGowan

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-2309-2024-supplement

Data sets

TRMM (TMPA) Precipitation L3 1 day 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V7 G. J. Huffman et al. https://doi.org/10.5067/TRMM/TMPA/DAY/7

Model code and software

The WRF Model version 4 The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MK6B4K

CDO User Guide (2.3.0) U. Schulzweida https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10020800

NCO NetCDF Operators C. S. Zender https://github.com/nco/nco

(Version 6.6.2) The NCAR Command Language https://doi.org/10.5065/D6WD3XH5

Short summary

We present simulations of the mid-Holocene and pre-industrial climate of Australia using coarse- (2°) and finer-resolution (0.44°) climate models. These simulations are compared to bioclimatic representations of the palaeoclimate of the mid-Holocene. The finer-resolution simulations reduce the bias between the model and the bioclimatic results and highlight the improved value of using finer-resolution models to simulate the palaeoclimate.