Revisiting Mid-Holocene Temperature over China Using PMIP3 Simulations

Using the simulations performed by 15 cli mate models under the latest protocol of the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project(PMIP)Phase 3(PMIP3),the authors revisited the annual and seasona temperature changes over China during the mid-Holocene Similar to the previous results produced by PMI...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inAtmospheric and oceanic science letters = Daqi-he-haiyang-kexue-kuaibao Vol. 8; no. 6; pp. 358 - 364
Main Author TIAN Zhi-Ping JIANG Da-Bang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Beijing Taylor & Francis 2015
KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd
Climate Change Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China%Climate Change Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Subjects
China;PMIP3
Cooling
Holocene
Intercomparison
Mid-Holocene
Mid-Holocene;temperature
over
Paleoclimate
PMIP3 simulations
simulati
Temperature
temperature over China
Winter
China
temperature over China
PMIP3 simulations
Mid-Holocene
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Using the simulations performed by 15 cli mate models under the latest protocol of the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project(PMIP)Phase 3(PMIP3),the authors revisited the annual and seasona temperature changes over China during the mid-Holocene Similar to the previous results produced by PMIP Phase 1(PMIP1)and 2(PMIP2)models,14(15)of the 15 PMIP3models reproduced colder annual(boreal winter and spring)temperature in response to mid-Holocene insola tion changes,with an average cooling of 0.33 K(1.31 K and 1.58 K)over China.The mid-Holocene boreal sum mer(autumn)temperature increased in all(13)of the 15PMIP3 models,with an average warming of 1.02 K(0.61K)at the national scale.Those changes simulated by the PMIP3 models were similar to those from the PMIP2simulations but generally weaker than those from the PMIP1 models.A considerable mismatch still existed between the simulated cooling by the PMIP3 models and the reconstructed warming for annual and winter tem peratures over China during the mid-Holocene,as wa also the case between the previous PMIP1/2 simulation and proxy data.
Bibliography:Mid-Holocene;temperature over China;PMIP3 simulati
Using the simulations performed by 15 cli mate models under the latest protocol of the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project(PMIP)Phase 3(PMIP3),the authors revisited the annual and seasona temperature changes over China during the mid-Holocene Similar to the previous results produced by PMIP Phase 1(PMIP1)and 2(PMIP2)models,14(15)of the 15 PMIP3models reproduced colder annual(boreal winter and spring)temperature in response to mid-Holocene insola tion changes,with an average cooling of 0.33 K(1.31 K and 1.58 K)over China.The mid-Holocene boreal sum mer(autumn)temperature increased in all(13)of the 15PMIP3 models,with an average warming of 1.02 K(0.61K)at the national scale.Those changes simulated by the PMIP3 models were similar to those from the PMIP2simulations but generally weaker than those from the PMIP1 models.A considerable mismatch still existed between the simulated cooling by the PMIP3 models and the reconstructed warming for annual and winter tem peratures over China during the mid-Holocene,as wa also the case between the previous PMIP1/2 simulation and proxy data.
11-5693/P
TIAN Zhi-Ping;JIANG Da-Bang;Climate Change Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences;Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
ISSN:1674-2834
2376-6123
DOI:10.3878/AOSL20150040