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A very informal PlioMIP2 showcase event will be held online on 12-13 July 2021.
Each day runs from 13:00-16:00 UTC.
Description
The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) was launched in 2007 and officially became a PMIP working group in 2008. PlioMIP is a global network of palaeoclimate modellers and geoscientists who work together to better understand the sensitivity of the climate system to forcing, and investigate how well models reproduce climate changes of the past through the study of the Pliocene epoch (specifically the mid-Pliocene Warm Period: mPWP ~3.3 to 3.0 million years ago).
The second phase of the project (PlioMIP2) was launched in 2014 and now includes simulations from 17 different climate/Earth system models.
This informal event will describe the aim, objectives and history of the PlioMIP project, and present a number of the most important scientific products to date from PlioMIP1 and 2. It will also include some discussion around the future of PlioMIP.
PlioMIP has always taken its responsibility to nurture the next generation of scientists seriously, and this is particularly important at the present time. The event will provide an opportunity for early career scientists to engage with the wider PlioMIP community, as well as each other, to help build collaborations and boost networking/partnerships.
Registration
Registration closes 6 July 2021.
Zoom links will be circulated following close of registration.
Program
12 July
Talk Block 1:
13:00-13:20: Alan Haywood - PlioMIP2 and introduction and large-scale features of climate.
13:20-13:40: Wing-Le Chan - A recap of PlioMIP2 experimental results with the MIROC4m model.
13:40-14:00: Charlie Williams - Simulation of the mid-Pliocene Warm Period using HadGEM3.
Talk Block 2:
14:00-14:20: Julia Weiffenbach - Enhanced mid-Pliocene Atlantic Ocean heat transport in CCSM4-Utrecht simulations.
14:20-14:40: Dan Lunt - GMST and polar amplification in the PlioMIP ensemble - results from IPCC.
14:40-15:00: Break
Talk Block 3:
15:00-15:20: Arthur Oldeman - Reduced El Ni o variability in the PlioMIP2 (and outlook).
15:20-15:40: Ran Feng - Past terrestrial hydroclimate driven by Earth System Feedbacks
15:40-17:00: Julia Tindall - Comparing the PlioMIP2 ensemble to Pliocene proxy data: how good are the models?
13 July
Talk Block 4:
13:00-13:20: Lauren Burton - How well can the Pliocene act as an analogue for future climate change?
13:20-13:40: Qiong Zhang - Climate response in the PlioMIP2 ensemble (Arctic warming, West African monsoon and large-scale hydrological cycle).
13.40-14:00: Ning Tan - An overview of IPSL model contributions to PlioMIP2.
14:00-15:00: General discussion.
15:00-16:00: ECR event.
Further information
Email Alan Haywood: show mail address