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Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) Model Runs
Entry ID: PMIP

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Summary

Abstract: The Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) was initiated in order
to coordinate and encourage the systematic study of atmospheric general
circulation models (AGCMs) and to assess their ability to simulate large
changes of climate such as those that occurred in the distant past. Project
goals include identifying common responses of AGCMs to imposed paleoclimate
"boundary conditions," understanding the differences in model responses,
comparing model results with paleoclimate data, and providing AGCM results for
use in helping in the analysis and interpretation of paleoclimate data. PMIP is
initially focusing on the mid-Holocene (6,000 years Before Present) and the
last glacial maximum (21,000 yr BP) because climatic conditions were remarkably
different at those times and because relatively large amounts of paleoclimate
data exist for these periods. The major "forcing" factors are also relatively
well known at these times. Some of the paleoclimate features simulated by
models in previous studies seem consistent with paleoclimatic data, but others
do not. One of the goals of PMIP is to determine which results are
model-dependent. The PMIP experiments are limited to studying the equilibrium
response of the atmosphere (and such surface characteristics as snow cover) to
changes in boundary conditions (e.g., insolation, ice-sheet distribution, CO2
concentration, etc.).

From "Status of the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP)"
S. Joussaume and K. E. Taylor

Models used are:
bmrc(2): Bureau of Meteorological Research Centre
ccc2.0: Canadian Climate Center
ccm(1,3): NCAR CCM1 and NCAR CCM3
ccsr1: Center for Climate System Research (Japan)
climber: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
cnrm-2: Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques
csiro: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
echam3: Max-Planck-Institut fur Meteorologie
gen1: Genesis 1 (LLNL)
gen2: Genesis 2 (Penn State)
gfdl: NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
giss-iip: Goddard Institute for Space Studies / NASA
lln_nh_1: Institut d'astronomie et de geophysique G. Lemaitre
lmcelmd(4,5): Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l«Environnement/
Laboratoire de Met?orologie Dynamique
mri2: Meteorological Research Institute (Japan)
msu: Moscow State University
ugamp: The UK Universities' Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme
uiuc11: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ukmo: United Kingdom Meteorological Office
yonu: Yonsei University (Korea)

Related URL

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Description: Access to PMIP model runs and other model runs at WDC/Paleoclimatology

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Geographic Coverage

N: 90.0 S: -90.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: S. Joussaume and K. Taylor
Dataset Title: Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP)
Online Resource: http://www-lsce.cea.fr/pmip/

Paleo_Temporal_Coverage

Paleo Start Date: 21000 ybp
Paleo Stop Date: 6000 ybp
Chrono Unit:

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
ELEVATION

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
INLAND WATERS
OCEANS

Platform

GCM >General Circulation Model [Information]

Project

CLIVAR >Climate Variability    [Information]

PAGES >Past Global Changes, IGBP    [Information]

PMIP >Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project    [Information]

Keywords

GCM

models

paleoclimate models

boundary conditions

forcing

mid-Holocene

Last Glacial Maximum

LGM

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

PMIP

Data Center

World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder [Information]
Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/

Data Center Personnel

Name: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER
Phone: +1 (303) 497-6160
Fax: +1 (303) 497-6513
Email: paleo at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
NOAA/NCDC Code E/GCx3
325 Broadway
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80303
Country: USA

Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project [Information]
Data Center URL: http://pmip.lsce.ipsl.fr/

Data Center Personnel

Name: JEAN-YVES PETERSCHMITT
Email: pmipdb at lsce.saclay.cea.fr

Distribution

Distribution_Media: online www
Fees: none

Personnel

SYLVIE JOUSSAUME
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: sjpmip at lsce.saclay.cea.fr

KARL E. TAYLOR
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 925-423-3623
Fax: 925-422-7675
Email: taylor13 at llnl.gov
Contact Address:
Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mail Code L-103
7000 East Avenue
City: Livermore
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 94550
Country: USA

Publications/References

PMIP, Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) : proceedings of the third PMIP workshop, Canada, 4-8 october 1999, in WCRP-111, WMO/TD-1007, edited by P. Braconnot, pp. 271, 2000.

See other publications:
http://www-lsce.cea.fr/pmip/publications/index.shtml

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-06-14

Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-05-11

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