The PRISM4 (mid-Piacenzian) paleoenvironmental reconstruction
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Dowsett, Harry
Dolan, Aisling
Rowley, David
Moucha, Robert
Forte, Alessandro M.
Pound, Matthew
Salzmann, Ulrich
Robinson, Marci
Chandler, Mark
Foley, Kevin
Haywood, Alan
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1519-2016Metadata
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Dowsett, Harry, Aisling Dolan, David Rowley, Robert Moucha, Alessandro M. Forte, Jerry X. Mitrovica, Matthew Pound, et al. 2016. “The PRISM4 (Mid-Piacenzian) Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction.” Climate of the Past 12 (7): 1519–38. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1519-2016.Abstract
The mid-Piacenzian is known as a period of relative warmth when compared to the present day. A comprehensive understanding of conditions during the Piacenzian serves as both a conceptual model and a source for boundary conditions as well as means of verification of global climate model experiments. In this paper we present the PRISM4 reconstruction, a paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the mid-Piacenzian (similar to 3 Ma) containing data for paleogeography, land and sea ice, sea-surface temperature, vegetation, soils, and lakes. Our retrodicted paleogeography takes into account glacial isostatic adjustments and changes in dynamic topography. Soils and lakes, both significant as land surface features, are introduced to the PRISM reconstruction for the first time. Sea-surface temperature and vegetation reconstructions are unchanged but now have confidence assessments. The PRISM4 reconstruction is being used as boundary condition data for the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2) experiments.Terms of Use
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