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S imulations, O bservations & P alæoclimatic data: climate variability over the last 500 years. ECHAM4/HOPE-G = ECHO-G runs, forcings, results so far Hans von Storch Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS Research Centre, Geesthacht, Germany SO&P startup meeting, Norwich, 23+24 January 2003.
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Simulations, Observations &Palæoclimatic data: climate variability over the last 500 years ECHAM4/HOPE-G = ECHO-G runs, forcings, results so far Hans von Storch Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS Research Centre, Geesthacht, Germany SO&P startup meeting, Norwich, 23+24 January 2003
List of simulations ECHO-G f77 Control run, 1990 conditions, 1000 year long Forced run, 1500-1990, 12-h output “Christof Columbus” Forced run: 1650-1710, 12-h output Forced run: 1650-1710, 6-h output Remo ECHO-G f90 Control run, 1990 conditions, 400 years long Control run, 1850 conditions, 1000 years long Forced run, 1000-2000, 12-h output ongoing) “Erik the Red” Control run, 1610 conditions, 50 years long Forced run, 1650-1710, 6-h output Remo
Planed simulations ECHO-G f90 A second Forced simulation 1000-2000 Depending on differences between both forced simulations f77 f90 Forced simulation 1750-2000, no volcanoes Forced simulation 1750-2000, no solar variability Forced simulation 1750-2000, no greenhouse gas variability Planed simulations REMO Medieval Optimum, Europe
Model used is ECHO-G, • a community model provided by Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, • maintained by Model & Data at MPI for Meteorology in Hamburg • The runs are made and evaluated in a consortium: • Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS • Meteorological Department, Free University Berlin • Model & Data, MPI for Meteorology, Hamburg • Department for Meteorology and Climatology, U Complutense, Madrid • and Universities in Lecce (Italy), Nanjing (China). • Comparison with historical and geological data are made together with • „KIHZ partners“ (Alfred Wegener I, Bremerhaven; Geoforschungszentrum, Potsdam; FZ Jülich, and others) • U Bern, Switzerland
Variations in the effective solar constant including variations in solar irradiance and volcanic aerosols (Crowley, 2000) Estimated changes in methane CH4 Estimated changes in CO2 (Etheridge et al., 1996)
Temperature Responses Tett, pers. comm.
(a) NAOI in the forced climate simulation, simulated by the ECHO-G model, and reconstructed from the simulated air-temperature field and the precipitation field in the North Atlantic sector over land grid points. (b) As (a) with a 50-year gaussian filter. (c) NAOI as in (b) but in the control simulation. Zorita and González-Rouco, 2002
control forced
Late Maunder Minimum Cold winters and springs, 1675-1710
The Late Maunder Minimum (LMM) is the coldest phase of the so-called ‘Little Ice Age’ with marked climatic variability over wide parts of Europe. 1675-1710vs. 1550-1800 Reconstruction from historical evidence, from Luterbacher et al. Temperature conditions in Switzerland according to Pfister‘s classification. From Luterbacher, 2001
Baltic Sea ice winter index after Koslowski (1998)grey: Index, red: 5 year mean, blue:20 year mean
Lake Sediments From Lake Holzmaar magnetic susceptibility =clastic input? Dryer winters? Reduced growing season? 13C + Aulacoseira subarctica
Reconstruction from historical evidence, from Luterbacher et al. Late Maunder Minimum Model-based reconstuction 1675-1710vs. 1550-1800
Institut für Küstenforschung I f K Model as a constructive tool Global 1675-1710 temperature anomaly
Corals off Madagaskar The empirically reconstructed 338 year record of variations in sea-surface temperatures as inferred from the 1982-95 annual mean 18O -SST calibration equations using SST observations from different sources. (From Zinke)
Institut für Küstenforschung I f K ·Galapagos (E-Pacific, 1oS, 90oW, Dunbar et al., 1994): 367 years of coral 18O records from 1587-1953, with annual resolution. The intervals 1660-80, 1710-1800 and 1870-95 were found warmer than “normal”, whereas the intervals 1600-1660, 1680-1700 (LMM) and 1800-25 cooler than on average. 18O increases of about 0.1-0.15‰ heavier during LMM than between 1660-70 and 1705-50 is indicative for a cooling of 0.5-0.75K. ·New Caledonia (SW-Pacific, 22oS, 166oE, Quinn et al., 1998): 335 years of coral 18O records from 1657-1952, with seasonal resolution. The records describe a brief interval of modest cooling in the late 17th century, with an annual mean SST about 0.2-0.3K cooler between 1680-1740 than between 1660-80 and 1740-50 ·Great Barrier Reef, Abraham Reef (SW-Pacific, 22oS, 153oE, Druffel and Griffin, 1993): 323 years of coral 18Orecords from 1635-1957, with bi-annual resolution. More positive 18O values (ca. 0.1‰) during the LMM, are consistent with lower SST’s of about 0.5K Zinke, pers. communication
Marine Sediments Off Peru deMenocal et al. (2000) Indicator for bio-productivity and intensity of upwelling in the ocean off Peru. The indicator is derived from characteristics in the marine sediment. Higher values are associated with stronger upwelling and lower values with reduced upwelling.
Ice Cores From Greenland and Antarctica North Greenland Stacked isotope record from five North-Greenland ice cores (Schwager, 2000) Reconstruction of solar variability, deduced from 10Be measurements (Crowley, 2000) Antarctica Stacked isotope record from three ice cores from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica (Graf et al., in press )
LMM11671-1684NAO- and Cooling LMM2 1685-1708 NAO+ andWarming Irene Fischer-Bruns, pers. comm.
Institut für Küstenforschung I f K Model as a constructive tool Simulated differences of ice coverage, in percent, during the LMM event 1675-1710 and the long term mean 1550-1800.
Forcing data from ECHO-G (special run Late Maunder Minimum) • Resolution: • T30 • 6 hourly 01.01.384 Beate Müller, pers. comm.
Model Area Resolution: spatial 0.5° x 0.5° temporal 6 h Beate Müller, pers. comm.
Main land use types in Germany from 7th century area [%] Regionalized sea ice data Beate Müller, pers. comm.
Beate Müller, pers. comm. Differences January reconstructed data - REMO reconstructed data - ECHO
Beate Müller, pers. comm. Differences July reconstructed data - REMO reconstructed data - ECHO
Differences of 30-year monthly meansLMM(6h)** - ”Normal Period“ (12h)* * 1625-1655 ** 1675-1705 Beate Müller, pers. comm.
Beate Müller, pers. comm. Iberian peninsula Winter ECHO-GREMOLuterbacher Summer
DJF-Mean Temperatures of 1776-1705 De Bilt Central England ECHO-GREMOLuterbacher Luterbacher/Manley Beate Müller, pers. comm.