Research papers using the ECBILT/CLIO model

The following sections contain lists of papers on work done with various versions of the ECBILT/CLIO model.

2009

• V. Palastanga, G. van der Schrier, S.L. Weber, T. Kleinen, K. Briffa and T. Osborn, 2009. Atmosphere and ocean dynamics, contributors to the European Little Ice Age?, Clim. Dyn. (submitted).
• Schrier, G. van der and S.L. Weber, 2009. The Gulf Stream and Atlantic Sea-Surface Temperatures in AD1790-1825, Clim. Dyn. (submitted).
• Otto-Bliesner, B., R. Schneider, E.C. Brady, M. Kucera, A. Abe-Ouchi, E. Bard, P. Braconnot, M. Crucifix, C. Hewitt, M. Kageyama, O. Marti, A. Paul, A. Rossell-Mele, C. Waelbroeck, S.L. Weber, M. Weinelt and Y. Yu, 2009. A comparison of PMIP2 model simulations and the MARGO proxy reconstruction for tropical sea surface temperatures at last glacial maximum, Climate Dyn., 32, 799-815, doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0509-0.

• Fluckiger, J., R. Knutti, J.W.C. White, H. Renssen, 2008 Modeled seasonality of glacial abrupt climate change. Clim. Dyn. 31, 633-645, doi: 10.1007/s00382-008-0373-y.
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• Krebs, U. and A. Timmermann, 2007. Fast advective recovery of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation after a Heinrich event. Paleoceanography, (submitted)
• Wohlfahrt, J., S.P. Harrison, P. Braconnot, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, U. Mikolajewicz, B.L. Otto-Bliesner and S.L. Weber, 2008. Evaluation of coupled ocean-atmosphere simulations of the mid-Holocene using palaeovegetation data from the northern hemisphere extratropics, Climate Dyn, 31, 871-890, doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0415-5.

• van der Schrier, G. and J. Barkmeijer, 2007. North American 1818 – 1824 drought and 1825 – 1840 pluvial and their possible relation to the atmospheric circulation. J. Geophys. Res (Atmospheres) 112, D13102, doi:10.1029/2007JD008429.
• van der Schrier, G., S.S. Drijfhout, W. Hazeleger and L. Noulin, 2007. Increasing the Atlantic subtropical jet cools the circum-North Atlantic. Meteorlogische Zeitschrift 16, 675-684.
• Weber, S.L., S.S. Drijfhout, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, M. Eby, A. Ganopolski, S. Murakami, B. Otto-Bliesner and W.R. Peltier, 2007. The modern and glacial overturning circulation in the Atlantic ocean in PMIP coupled model simulations Climate of the Past, 3, 51-64
• Weber, S.L., and S.S. Drijfhout, 2007. Stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in the Last Glacial Maximum climate, Geophys. Res. Letters, 34, L22706, doi:10.1029/2007GL031437.
• Roche, D.M., T.M. Dokken, H. Goosse, H. Renssen and S.L. Weber, 2006. Climate of the last glacial maximum: sensitivity studies and model-data comparison with the LOVECLIM coupled model Climate of the Past Discussions, 2, 1105-1153.
• Roche, D. M., H. Renssen, S. L. Weber, and H. Goosse, 2007. Could meltwater pulses have been sneaked unnoticed into the deep ocean during the last glacial?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L24708, doi:10.1029/2007GL032064
• Roche, D.M., T.M. Dokken, H. Goosse, H. Renssen and S.L. Weber, 2007. Climate of the last glacial maximum: sensitivity studies and model-data comparison with the LOVECLIM coupled model, Climate of the Past, 3, 205-224.
• Schulz M., Prange M., Klocker A., 2007. Low-frequency oscillations of the Atlantic Ocean meridional overturning circulation in a coupled climate model. Climate of the Past , 3, 97-107.
• Otto-Bliesner, B.L., C.D. Hewitt, T.M. Marchitto, E. Brady, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, S. Murakami and S.L. Weber, 2007. Last Glacial Maximum ocean thermohaline circulation: PMIP2 model intercomparisons and data constraints, Geophys. Res. Letters, 34, L12706, doi: 10.1029/2007GL029475.
• Weber, S.L., S.S. Drijfhout, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, M. Eby, A. Ganopolski, S. Murakami, B. Otto-Bliesner and W.R. Peltier, 2007. The modern and glacial overturning circulation in the Atlantic ocean in PMIP coupled model simulations, Climate of the Past, 3, 51-64
• Braconnot, P., B. Otto-Bliesner, S. Harrison, S. Joussaume, J.-Y. Peterchmitt, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, E. Driesschaert, Th. Fichefet, C. D. Hewitt, M. Kageyama, A. Kitoh, A. Laîné, M.-F. Loutre, O. Marti, U. Merkel, G. Ramstein, P. Valdes, S. L. Weber, Y. Yu, and Y. Zhao, 2007. Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum (Part 1: experiments and large-scale features, and Part 2: feedbacks with emphasis on the location of the ITCZ and mid- and high latitudes heat budget), Climate of the Past, 3, 261-296.

• Aerts J. , H. Renssen, Ph. Ward, H. de Moel, E. Odada, L. Bouwer and H. Goosse, 2006. Sensitivity of global river discharges under Holocene and future climate conditions. Geophysical Research Letters 33 L19401 doi10.1029/2006GL027493
• Flueckiger, J., R. Knutti, and J.W.C. White, 2006. Oceanic processes as potential trigger and amplifying mechanisms for Heinrich events Paleoceanography, 21(2) PA2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005PA001204
• Justino, F., A. Timmermann, U. Merkel and W.R. Peltier, 2006. An initial intercomparison of atmospheric and oceanic climatology for the ICE-5G and ICE-4G models of LGM paleotopography. J. Climate, 19(1) 3-14.
• Goosse H., H. Renssen, A. Timmermann, R.S. Bradley and M.E. Mann, 2006. Using paleoclimate proxy-data to select optimal realisations in an ensemble of simulations of the climate of the past millennium. Climate Dynamics 27, 165-184, DOI 10.1007/s00382-006-0128-6.
• Goosse H., O. Arzel, J. Luterbacher, M. E. Mann, H. Renssen, N. Riedwyl, A. Timmermann, E. Xoplaki and H. Wanner, 2006. The origin of the European "Medieval Warm Period". Climate of the Past 2, 99-113 (http://www.clim-past.net/2/99/2006/cp-2-99-2006.pdf ).
• Goosse, H. and H. Renssen, 2006. Regional response of the climate system to solar forcing: the role of the ocean. Space Science Reviews 125, 227-235. doi: 10.1007/s11214-006-9059-0.
• Kageyama, M., A. Laine, A. Abe-Ouchi, P. Braconnot, E. Cortijo, M. Crucifix, A. de Vernal, J. Guiot, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, O. Marti, R. Ohgaito, B. Otto-Bliesner, W.R. Peltier, A. Rosell-Mele, G. Vettoretti, S.L. Weber, and MARGO Project Members, 2006. Last Glacial Maximum temperatures over the North Atlantic, Europe and western Siberia: a comparison between PMIP models, MARGO sea-surface temperatures and pollen-based reconstructions, Quatern. Science Rev., 25, 2082-2102.
• Renssen H., V. Brovkin, T. Fichefet and H. Goosse, 2006. Simulation of the Holocene climate evolution in Northern Africa: the termination of the African Humid Period. Quaternary International 150, 95-102.
• Renssen H., H. Goosse and R. Muscheler, 2006. Coupled climate model simulation of Holocene cooling events: oceanic feedback amplifies solar forcing. Climate of the Past. 2, 79-90. (http://www.clim-past.net/2/79/2006/cp-2-79-2006.pdf)
• Stouffer, R.J., J. Yin, J.M. Gregory, K.W. Dixon, M.J. Spelman, W. Hurlin, A.J. Weaver, M. Eby, G.M. Flato, H. Hasumi, A. Hu, J. Jungclaus, I.V. Kamenkovich, A. Levermann, M. Montoya, S. Murakami, S. Nawrath, A. Oka, W.R. Peltier, D.Y. Robitaille, A. Sokolov, G. Vettoretti, S.L. Weber, 2006. Investigating the Causes of the Response of the Thermohaline Circulation to Past and Future Climate Changes. J. Climate, 19, 1365-1387.
• Wiersma A.P., H. Renssen, H. Goosse and T. Fichefet, 2006. Evaluation of different freshwater forcing scenarios for the 8.2 ka BP event in a coupled climate model. Climate Dynamics 27, 831-849, doi: 10.1007/s00382-006-0166-0

• de Vries, P. and S.L. Weber, 2005. The Atlantic freshwater budget as a diagnostic for the existence of a stable shut-down of the meridional overturning circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 L09606, doi:10.1029/2004GL021450.
• Goosse H. and H. Renssen, 2005. A simulated reduction in Antarctic sea-ice area since 1750: implications of the long memory of the ocean. Internat. J. Climatology 25 569-579.
• Goosse H., H. Renssen, A. Timmermann and R.S. Bradley, 2005. Internal and forced climate variability during the last millennium: a model-data comparison using ensemble simulations. Quat. Sci. Rev. 24 1345-1360
• Goosse H., T. Crowley, E. Zorita, C. Ammann, H. Renssen and E. Driesschaert, 2005. Modelling the climate of the last millennium: What causes the differences between simulations? Geophys. Res. Lett. 32 L06710, doi:10.1029/2005GL22368.
• Jiang H., Eiriksson J., Schulz M., Knudsen K.-L., Seidenkrantz M.S., 2005. Evidence for solar forcing of sea-surface temperature on the North Icelandic shelf during the late Holocene. Geology 33 73-76.
• Justino, F., A. Timmermann, U. Merkel and E.A. Souza, 2005. Baroclinic reorganization of the atmospheric flow during the Last Glacial Maximum. J. Climate 18 2826-2846
• Klocker, A., M. Prange, and M. Schulz, 2005. Testing the influence of the Central American seaway on orbitally forced Northern Hemisphere glaciation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32 L03703, doi:10.1029/2004GL021564.
• Masson-Delmotte, V., M. Kageyama, P. Braconnot, S. Charbit, G. Krinner, C. Ritz, E. Guilyardi, J. Jouzel, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, R.M. Gladstone, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, A.N. Legrande, O. Marti, U. Merkel, T. Motoi, R. Ohgaito, B. Otto-Bliesner, W.R. Peltier, I. Ross, P.J. Valdes, G. Vettoretti, S.L. Weber, F. Wolk and Y. Yu, 2005. Past and future polar amplification of climate change: climate model intercomparison and ice-core constraints. Climate Dyn, 26, 513-529. DOI 10.1007/s00382-005-0081-9.
• Petoukhov V., M. Claussen, A. Berger, M. Crucifix, M. Eby, A. Eliseev, T. Fichefet, A. Ganopolski, H. Goosse, I. Kamenkovich, I. Mokhov, M. Montoya, L.A. Mysak, A. Sokolov, P. Stone, Z. Wang and A. J. Weaver, 2005. EMIC Inter-comparison Project (EMIP-CO2): Comparative analysis of EMIC simulations of climate, and of equilibrium and transient responses to atmospheric CO2 doubling. Climate Dyn. 25 363-385
• Rahmstorf S., M. Crucifix, A. Ganopolski, H. Goosse, I. Kamenkovich, R. Knutti, G. Lohmann, B. Marsh, L. Mysak, Z. Wang, A. Weaver, 2005 Thermohaline circulation hysteresis: a model intercomparison. Geophysical Research Letters 32, L23605, doi:10.1029/2005GL23655.
• Renssen H., H. Goosse and T. Fichefet, 2005. Contrasting trends in North Atlantic deep-water formation in the Labrador and Nordic Seas during the Holocene. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32 L08711, doi:10.1029/2005GL022462.
• Renssen H., H. Goosse and T. Fichefet, V. Brovkin, E. Driesschaert and F. Wolk, 2005. Simulating the Holocene climate evolution at northern high latitudes using a coupled atmosphere-sea ice-ocean-vegetation mode. Climate Dyn. 24 23-43, doi: 10.1007/s00382-004-0485-y.
• Renssen, H., H. Goosse, T. Fichefet, V. Masson-Delmotte, and N. Koc, 2005. The Holocene climate evolution in the high-latitude Southern Hemisphere simulated by a coupled atmosphere-sea ice-ocean-vegetation model. The Holocene 15 951-964.
• Timmermann A., S.-I. An, U. Krebs and H. Goosse, 2005. ENSO suppression due to weakening of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation. J. Climate 18(16) 3122-3139.
• Timmermann A., U. Krebs, F. Justino, H. Goosse and T. Ivanochko, 2005. Mechansims for millennial-scale global synchronizing during the last glacial period. Paleoceanography 20, PA4008, doi: 10.1029.2004PA001090.
• Tuenter, E., S.L. Weber, F.J. Hilgen, and L.J. Lourens, 2005. Sea-ice feedbacks on the climatic response to precession and obliquity forcing. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L24704, doi:10.1029/2005Gl024122
• van der Schrier, G. and J. Barkmeijer, 2005. Bjerknes' hypothesis on the coldness during 1790-1820 AD revisited. Climate Dyn.24, 355-371, doi:10.1007/s00382-004-0506-x. Erratum: Climate Dyn. doi:10.1007/s00382-005-0053-0.
• Weber, S.L., 2005. A timescale analysis of the Northern Hemisphere temperature response to volcanic and solar forcing. Climate of the Past, 1, 9-17.
• Wiersma, H. and H. Renssen, 2005. Detailed model-data comparison for the 8.2 ka BP event confirms forcing by catastrophic drainage of Laurentide Lakes. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 25 63-88.
• Zhao, Y., P. Braconnot, O. Marti, S.P. Harrison, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, Z. Liu, U. Mikolajewicz, B. Otto-Bliesner and S.L. Weber, 2005. A multi-model analysis of ocean feedbacks on the African and Indian monsoon during the mid-Holocene Climate Dyn, 25, 777-800.

• Goosse H. and H. Renssen, 2004. Exciting natural modes of variability by solar and volcanic forcing: idealized and realistic experiments. Climate Dyn. 23 153-163, doi: 10.1007/s00382-004-0424-y.
• Goosse H., V. Masson-Delmotte, H. Renssen, M. Delmotte, T. Fichefet, V. Morgan, T. van Ommen, B.K. Khim and B. Stenni, 2004. A late medieval warm period in the Southern Ocean as delayed response to external forcing? Geophys. Res. Lett., 31(6) L06203, doi:10.1029/2003GL019140.
• Knutti, R., J. Flückiger, T.F. Stocker and A. Timmermann, 2004. Strong hemispheric coupling of glacial climate through freshwater discharge and ocean circulation, Nature 430, 851-856 .
• Prange, M., and M. Schulz, 2004. A coastal upwelling seesaw in the Atlantic Ocean as a result of the closure of the Central American Seaway. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31 L17207, doi:10.1029/2004GL020073.
• Renssen H. , C.J. Beets,T. Fichefet, H. Goosse and D. Kroon, 2004. Modelling the climatic response to a massive methane release from gas hydrates. Paleocenography 19(2) PA2010, doi: 10.1029/2003PA000968.
• Schaeffer M., F. Selten, H. Goosse and T. Opsteegh, 2004. On the influence of location of high-latitude ocean deep convection and Arctic sea-ice on climate change projections. J. Climate 17(22) 4316-4329.
• Timmermann A. and H. Goosse, 2004. Is the wind stress forcing essential for the meridional overturning circulation? Geophys. Res. Lett., 31 L04303, doi:10.1029/2003GL018777.
• Timmermann A., F. Justino Barbosa, F.F. Jin and H. Goosse, 2004. Surface temperature control in the North Pacific during the last glacial maximum. Climate Dyn. 23 353-370, doi: 10.1007/s00382-004-0434-9.
• Weber, S.L., T.J. Cowley and G. van der Schrier, 2004. Solar irradiance forcing of centennial climate variability during the Holocene. Climate Dyn., 22 539-553

• Renssen H., V. Brovkin, T. Fichefet and H. Goosse, 2003. Holocene climatic instability during the termination of the African Humid Period. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30(4), 1184, doi:1029/2002GL016636.
• Renssen H., H. Goosse and T. Fichefet, 2003. On the non-linear response of the ocean thermohaline circulation to global deforestation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30(2), 1061, DOI:10.1029/2002GL016155
• Tuenter, E., S.L. Weber, F.J. Hilgen, and L.J. Lourens, 2003. The response of the African summer monsoon to remote and local forcing due to precession and obliquity. Glob. Plan. Change 35, 219-235.
• van de Plassche, O., G. van der Schrier, S.L. Weber, W.R. Gehrels and A.J. Wright, 2003. Sea-level variability in the northwest Atlantic during the past 1500 years: a delayed response to solar forcing? Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 17558-17561.
• van den Brink, H.W., G.P. Koennen and J.D. Opsteegh, 2003. The reliability of extreme surge levels, estimated from observational records of hundred years. J. Coastal Research 19(2) 376-388
• van der Schrier, G., S.L. Weber, S.S. Drijfhout, 2002. Sea level changes in the North Atlantic by solar forcing and internal variability. Clim. Dynamics, 19, 435-447.
• Weber, S.L. and J. Oerlemans, 2003. Holocene glacier variability: three case studies using an intermediate-complexity climate model. The Holocene, 13, 353-363.

• Claussen, M., L.A. Mysak, A.J. Weaver, M. Crucifix, T. Fichefet, M.-F. Loutre, S.L. Weber, J. Alcamo, V.A. Alexeev, A. Berger, R. Calov, A. Ganopolski, H. Goosse, G. Lohman, F. Lunkeit, I.I. Mokhov, V. Petoukhov, P. Stone, Zh. Wang, 2002. Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity: Closing the Gap in the Spectrum of Climate System Models. Climate Dyn. 18, 579-586.
• Goosse H., F.M. Selten, R. J. Haarsma and J.D. Opsteegh, 2002. Large sea-ice volume anomalies simulated in a coupled climate model. Climate Dyn. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-002-0290-4.
• Goosse H., H. Renssen, F.M. Selten, R. J. Haarsma and J.D. Opsteegh, 2002. Potential causes of abrupt climate events: a numerical study with a three-dimensional climate model. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29(18), 1860, DOI:10.1029/2002GL014993
• Goosse, H., F.M. Selten, R.J. Haarsma and J.D. Opsteegh, 2002. A mechanism of decadal variability of the sea-ice volume in the Northern Hemisphere Climate Dyn., 19, 61-84.
• Renssen H., H. Goosse and T. Fichefet, 2002. Modeling the effect of freshwater pulses on the early Holocene climate: the influence of high-frequency climate variability. Paleoceanography 17, 10.1029/2001PA000649.
• Schaeffer M., F.M. Selten, H. Goosse and J.D. Opsteegh 2002. Limited predictability of regional climate change in IPCC SRES scenarios. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29(16) 10.1029/2002GL015254.

• Drijfhout, S.S., A. Kattenberg, R.J. Haarsma and F.M. Selten, 2001. The role of the ocean in midlatitude, interannual to decadal timescale climate variability of a coupled model. J. Climate, 14, 3617-3630.
• Goosse, H., F.M. Selten, R.J. Haarsma and J.D. Opsteegh, 2001. Decadal variability in high northern latitudes as simulated by an intermediate complexity climate model. Ann. of Glaciology, 33, 525-532.
• Goosse H. and H. Renssen, 2001. A two-phase response of Southern Ocean to an increase in greenhouse gas concentrations. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 3469-3473.
• Haarsma, R.J., J.D. Opsteegh, F.M. Selten and X. Wang, 2001. Rapid transitions and ultra-low frequency behaviour in a 40kyr integration with a coupled climate model of intermediate complexity. Climate Dyn. 17, 559-570.
• Renssen H., H. Goosse, T. Fichefet and J.-M. Campin, 2001. The 8.2 kyr BP event simulated by a global atmosphere-sea-ice-ocean model. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 1567-1570.
• Weber, S.L., 2001. The impact of orbital forcing on the climate of an intermediate-complexity coupled model. Glob. Plan. Change, 30, 7-12.

• Haarsma, R.J., F.M. Selten and J.D. Opsteegh, 2000. On the mechanism of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave. J. Climate, 13, 1461-1480.

• Drijfhout, S.S., R.J. Haarsma, J.D. Opsteegh and F.M. Selten, 1999. Solar-induced versus internal climate variability in a coupled Climate Model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 205-208.
• Selten, F.M., R.J. Haarsma and J.D. Opsteegh, 1999. On the Mechanism of North Atlantic decadal variability. J. Climate, 12, 1956-1973.

• Opsteegh, J.D., R.J. Haarsma, F.M. Selten and A. Kattenberg, 1998. ECBILT: A dynamic alternative to mixed boundary conditions in ocean models. Tellus 50A, 348-367.

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