Earth System Modeling

Models of intermediate Complexity (EMIC) pdf (140 KB)

Example: Model of intermediate Complexity

PUMA, LSG, BREMIC, CLIMBER

Applications

• Closing the Gap in the Spectrum of Climate System Models. Clim. Dyn. 2002 pdf (140 KB)
• The glacial thermohaline circulation: stable or unstable? GRL 2002 pdf (920 KB)
• Southern Ocean Origin for Resumption of Atlantic THC. Nature 2003
• Influence of vertical mixing on the thermohaline hysteresis. JPO 2003 pdf/zip (2,8 MB)
• CLIMBER-2: a climate system model of intermediate complexity. Part I pdf (828 KB), Part II pdf (764 KB)
• Possible solar origin of the 1,470-year glacial climate cycle. pdf (464 KB)

Examples:
Global Climate model
Global Climate model with regional Focus

COSMOS Paleo Activity

Atmosphere: ECHAM3 (ps 1,4 MB), ECHAM4
Ocean: HOPE
Biosphere: LPJ, HAMOCC (ps 8,2 MB)
Ice:

Applications:

• On the hydrological cycle under paleoclimatic conditions. JGR 2000 pdf (8,7 MB), ps (2,9 MB), Fig. of solar radiation for the time slices considered ps (556 KB)
• A Tropical Mechanism for Northern Hemisphere Deglaciation. GGG 2003 pdf (428 KB), ps (1,7 MB)
• Atmospheric and oceanic freshwater transport. Tellus 2003 pdf (520 KB), ps (1,3 MB)
• Increased seasonality in Middle East temperatures. Nature 2004
• Acceleration technique for Milankovitch type forcing. Climate Dyn.
• Simulation of the global bio-geophysical interactions during the Last Glacial Maximum: pdf (672 KB)

Applications:

• Dynamics and predictability of Stommel's box model. Tellus 1999
• Fundamental and derived modes of climate variability. Tellus 2004