scholarly journals Cloud-radiative effects on implied oceanic energy transports as simulated by atmospheric general circulation models

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.J. Gleckler ◽  
D.A. Randall ◽  
G. Boer
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
Radiative Effects ◽  
Atmospheric General Circulation ◽  
Atmospheric General Circulation Models ◽  
Cloud Radiative Effects

The Last Interglaciation in Northeast Siberia

1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatoly V. Lozhkin ◽  
Patricia M. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The North ◽  
River Terraces ◽  
Atmospheric General Circulation ◽  
Winter Temperatures ◽  
Atmospheric General Circulation Models ◽  
Arctic Coast ◽  
Organic Deposits

AbstractAlluvial, fluvial, and organic deposits of the last interglaciation are exposed along numerous river terraces in northeast Siberia. Although chronological control is often poor, the paleobotanical data suggest range extensions of up to 1000 km for the primary tree species. These data also indicate that boreal communities of the last interglaciation were similar to modern ones in composition, but their distributions were displaced significantly to the north-northwest. Inferences about climate of this period suggest that mean July temperatures were warmer by 4 to 8°C, and seasonal precipitation was slightly greater. Mean January temperatures may have been severely cooler than today (up to 12°C) along the Arctic coast, but similar or slightly warmer than present in other areas. The direction and magnitude of change in July temperatures agree with Atmospheric General Circulation Models, but the 126,000-year-B.P. model results also suggest trends opposite to the paleobotanical data, with simulated cooler winter temperatures and drier conditions than present during the climatic optimum.

scholarly journals Importance of the advection scheme for the simulation of water isotopes over Antarctica by general circulation models: a case study with LMDZ-iso (LMDZ5a revision 1750)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Cauquoin ◽  
Camille Risi
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
Temperature Relationship ◽  
Water Isotopes ◽  
Good Representation ◽  
Advection Scheme ◽  
Atmospheric General Circulation ◽  
Atmospheric General Circulation Models ◽  
Polar Water

Abstract. Atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) are known to have a warm and isotopically enriched bias over Antarctica. We test here the hypothesis that these biases are consequences of a too diffusive advection. Using the LMDZ-iso model, we show that a good representation of the advection, especially on the horizontal, is very important to reduce the bias in the isotopic contents of precipitation above this area and to improve the modelled water isotopes – temperature relationship. A good advection scheme is thus essential when using GCMs for paleoclimate applications based on polar water isotopes.

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