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A new model for climate system analysis: Outline of the model and application to palaeoclimate simulations

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We present a new reduced-form model for climate system analysis. This model, called CLIMBER-2 (for CLIMate and BiosphERe, level 2), fills the current gap between simple, highly parameterized climate models and computationally expensive coupled models of global atmospheric and oceanic circulation. We outline the basic assumptions implicit in CLIMBER-2 and we present examples of climate system analysis including a study of atmosphere–ocean interaction during the last glacial maximum, an analysis of synergism between various components of the climate system during the mid-Holocene around 6000 years ago, and a transient simulation of climate change during the last 8000 years. These studies demonstrate the feasibility of a computationally efficient analysis of climate system dynamics which is a prerequisite for future climate impact research and, more generally, Earth system analysis, i.e., the analysis of feedbacks between our environment and human activities.

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  1. Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Postfach, 601203, D-14412, Potsdam, Germany E-mail: claussen@pik-potsdam.de

    Martin Claussen

  2. Institut für Meteorologie, FU Berlin, C.-H, Becker Weg 6-10, D-12165, Berlin, Germany

    Martin Claussen

  3. Postfach 601203, D-14412, Potsdam, Germany E-mail: claussen@pik-potsdam.de

    Victor Brovkin, Andrey Ganopolski, Claudia Kubatzki, Vladimir Petoukhov, Vladimir Petoukhov & Stefan Rahmstorf

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Claussen, M., Brovkin, V., Ganopolski, A. et al. A new model for climate system analysis: Outline of the model and application to palaeoclimate simulations. Environmental Modeling & Assessment 4, 209–216 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019016418068

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