HadCM3 model outputs: Spontaneous Dansgaard-Oeschger type oscillations

Dataset

Description

The Marine Isotopic Stage 3 (MIS 3 - between 27.8 - 59.4 thousand of years before present, hereafter ka) was characterised by millennial-scale climate fluctuations, also known as Dansgaard-Oeschger (D-O) oscillations. During D-O events, atmospheric and oceanic conditions alternated between warm interstadial (of up to 10-16 degrees C increase in air temperatures over Greenland) and cold stadial states (Dansgaard et al., 1993; Huber et al., 2006; Kindler et al., 2014). This dataset contains model outputs for four MIS 3 simulations run with the Bristol version of the Hadley Centre Coupled Model3 (HadCM3b). The model outputs are presented as netCDF files and contain the following variables: surface temperature, ocean temperature, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), sea ice concentration, salinity and mixed layer depth.. The four simulations show D-O like behaviour, spontaneous D-O type oscillations. This work was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 820970.
Date made available22 May 2024
PublisherNERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
Geographical coverageGlobal
Geospatial polygon-90.0, 180.0, 90.0, -180.0

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