Critical evaluation of climate syntheses to benchmark CMIP6/PMIP4 127 ka Last Interglacial simulations in the high-latitude regions

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 168, Issue , 2017, Pages 137-150

  Capron, E ^a,b   Govin, A ^c   Feng, R ^d   Otto Bliesner, B L ^d   Wolff, E W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

127 ka surface temperature time slice; CMIP6 PMIP4 Tier 1 and Tier 2 simulations; Last interglacial; Quantitative uncertainty estimates attached to relative dating and temperature reconstruction methods

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH (PLANET); ERRORS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORBITS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CMIP6/PMIP4 TIER 1 AND TIER 2 SIMULATIONS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; LAST INTERGLACIAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION; TIME SLICE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CMIP; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESIGN; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAST INTERGLACIAL; ORBITAL FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 85019640729     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.04.019     Document Type: Article

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