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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.

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1 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

2 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 ECHO-G f90 Remo 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

3 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

4 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: a)Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS b)Meteorological Department, Free University Berlin c)Model & Data, MPI for Meteorology, Hamburg d)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 a)„KIHZ partners“ (Alfred Wegener I, Bremerhaven; Geoforschungszentrum, Potsdam; FZ Jülich, and others) b)U Bern, Switzerland

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6 Variations in the effective solar constant including variations in solar irradiance and volcanic aerosols (Crowley, 2000) Estimated changes in CO2 (Etheridge et al., 1996) Estimated changes in methane CH4

7 More actual data via internetinternet

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10 Temperature Responses Tett, pers. comm.

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12 (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

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14 Institut für Küstenforschung I f K

15 Late Maunder Minimum Cold winters and springs, 1675-1710 Late Maunder Minimum Cold winters and springs, 1675-1710

16 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. Temperature conditions in Switzerland according to Pfister‘s classification. From Luterbacher, 2001 1675-1710 vs. 1550-1800 Reconstruction from historical evidence, from Luterbacher et al.

17 Baltic Sea ice winter index after Koslowski (1998) grey: Index, red: 5 year mean, blue:20 year mean

18 Lake Sediments From Lake Holzmaar magnetic susceptibility = clastic input?  13 C + Aulacoseira subarctica Reduced growing season? Dryer winters?

19 1675-1710 vs. 1550-1800 Reconstruction from historical evidence, from Luterbacher et al. Late Maunder Minimum Model-based reconstuction

20 Institut für Küstenforschung I f K Global 1675-1710 temperature anomaly Model as a constructive tool

21 Corals off Madagaskar The empirically reconstructed 338 year record of variations in sea-surface temperatures as inferred from the 1982-95 annual mean  18 O -SST calibration equations using SST observations from different sources. (From Zinke)

22 Institut für Küstenforschung I f K  Galapagos (E-Pacific, 1 o S, 90 o W, Dunbar et al., 1994): 367 years of coral  18 O 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.  18 O 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, 22 o S, 166 o E, Quinn et al., 1998): 335 years of coral  18 O 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, 22 o S, 153 o E, Druffel and Griffin, 1993): 323 years of coral  18 O records from 1635-1957, with bi-annual resolution. More positive  18 O values (ca. 0.1‰) during the LMM, are consistent with lower SST’s of about 0.5K Zinke, pers. communication

23 Marine Sediments Off Peru 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. deMenocal et al. (2000)

24 Ice Cores From Greenland and Antarctica Stacked isotope record from five North-Greenland ice cores (Schwager, 2000) Stacked isotope record from three ice cores from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica (Graf et al., in press ) Reconstruction of solar variability, deduced from 10 Be measurements (Crowley, 2000) Antarctica North Greenland

25 LMM11671-1684 NAO- and Cooling LMM21685-1708 NAO+ and Warming Irene Fischer-Bruns, pers. comm.

26 Simulated differences of ice coverage, in percent, during the LMM event 1675-1710 and the long term mean 1550-1800. Institut für Küstenforschung I f K Model as a constructive tool

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28 Resolution: T30 6 hourly 01.01.384 Forcing data from ECHO-G (special run Late Maunder Minimum) Beate Müller, pers. comm.

29 Resolution: spatial 0.5° x 0.5° temporal 6 h Model Area Beate Müller, pers. comm.

30 Regionalized sea ice data Main land use types in Germany from 7th century area [%] Beate Müller, pers. comm.

31 Differences reconstructed data - REMOreconstructed data - ECHO January Beate Müller, pers. comm.

32 Differences reconstructed data - REMOreconstructed data - ECHO July Beate Müller, pers. comm.

33 Differences of 30-year monthly means Differences of 30-year monthly means LMM(6h)** - ”Normal Period“ (12h)* Month123456789101112 LMM-NP-0.6-0.3-0.7-0.30.1 -0.1-0.3-0.5 0.1 * 1625-1655 ** 1675-1705 Beate Müller, pers. comm.

34 Iberian peninsula Winter Summer ECHO-G REMO Luterbacher Beate Müller, pers. comm.

35 DJF-Mean Temperatures of 1776-1705 De BiltCentral England ECHO-G REMO Luterbacher Luterbacher /Manley Beate Müller, pers. comm.


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