Published December 19, 2024 | Version 1.0
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plioDA Reconstructed Climate Fields

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Contributors

  • 1. ROR icon George Mason University
  • 2. ROR icon Desert Research Institute
  • 3. ROR icon University of Arizona
  • 4. ROR icon University of Cambridge

Description

Reconstructed temperature and hydroclimate fields for the preindustrial, mid-Pliocene, and early Pliocene time slices, as published in Tierney et al., (2025) AGU Advances. Reconstructed variables include annual, JJA, and DJF mean values for sea-surface temperature (tos), 2 m air temperature (tas), precipitation (pr), evaporation (ev), and sea ice concentration (siconc). Monthly values for tos, sos, and siconc are also included. Each netCDF file includes 3 time slices: PI (0 Ma), mid-Pliocene (3.25 Ma) and early Pliocene (4.75 Ma). Primary results can be found in plioDAMainResults.nc. The other netCDF files correspond to sensitivity experiments discussed in the paper. Note that the PlioVar experiment only has PI and mid-Pliocene timeslices since the PlioVar criteria do not apply to the early Pliocene timeslice.

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Funding

U.S. National Science Foundation
Collaborative Research: Quantifying the sea-surface temperature pattern effect for Last Glacial Maximum and Pliocene constraints on climate sensitivity 2002398
U.S. National Science Foundation
Collaborative Research: Tracing Pacific Ocean circulation and ventilation during the warm Pliocene Epoch 2225830
U.S. National Science Foundation
Collaborative Research: Quantifying the sea-surface temperature pattern effect for Last Glacial Maximum and Pliocene constraints on climate sensitivity 2002276
U.S. National Science Foundation
Collaborative Research: Quantifying the sea-surface temperature pattern effect for Last Glacial Maximum and Pliocene constraints on climate sensitivity 2002448

Dates

Accepted
2024-12-19
Accepted version to be published in AGU Advances

References

  • Tierney et al. (2025) Pliocene warmth and patterns of climate change inferred from paleoclimate data assimilation, AGU Advances, in press