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  Climate and biome simulations for the past 21,000 years

Kutzbach, J., Gallimore, R., Harrison, S. P., Behling, P., Selin, R., & Laarif, F. (1998). Climate and biome simulations for the past 21,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 17(6-7), 473-506.

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Free keywords: Sea-surface temperature; general-circulation model; orbitally induced changes; last glacial maximum; ice-age; atmospheric CO2; sensitivity; insolation; vegetation; holocene
 Abstract: This paper reports on a set of paleoclimate simulations for 21, 16, 14, 11 and 6 ka (thousands of years ago) carried out with the Community Climate Model, Version 1 (CCM1) of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). This climate model uses four interactive components that were not available in our previous simulations with the NCAR CCM0 (COHMAP, 1988 Science, 241, 1043-1052; Wright et al., 1993 Global Climate Since the Last Glocial Maximum, University of Minnesota Press, MN): soil moisture, snow hydrology, sea-ice, and mixed-layer ocean temperature. The new simulations also use new estimates of ice sheet height and size from Peltier (1994, Science, 265, 195- 201): and synchronize the astronomically dated orbital forcing with the ice sheer and atmospheric CO2 levels corrected from radiocarbon years to calendar years. The CCM1 simulations agree with the previous simulations in their most general characteristics. The 21 ka climate is cold and dry, in response to the presence of the ice sheets and lowered CO2 levels. The period 14-6 ka has strengthened northern summer monsoons and warm mid-latitude continental interiors in response to orbital changes. Regional differences between the CCM1 and CCM0 simulations can be traced to the effects of either the new interactive model components or the new boundary conditios. CCM1 simulates climate processes more realistically, but has additional degrees of freedom that can allow the model to 'drift' toward less realistic solutions in some instances. The CCM1 simulations are expressed in terms of equilibrium vegetation using BIOME 1, and indicate large shifts in biomes. Northern tundra and forest biomes are displaced southward at glacial maximum and subtropical deserts contract in the mid- Holocene when monsoons strengthen. These vegetation changes could, if simulated interactively, introduce additional climate feedbacks. The total area of vegetated land remains nearly constant through time because the exposure of continental shelves with lowered sea level largely compensates for the land covered by the expanded ice sheets. (C) Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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 Dates: 1998
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Title: Quaternary Science Reviews
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Publ. Info: Oxford : Pergamon
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 17 (6-7) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 473 - 506 Identifier: CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925505268
ISSN: 0277-3791