HR: 11:35h
AN: PP22A-06 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: Modeling the Climates of the Mid and Latest Permian
AU: * Kiehl, J T
EM: jtkon@ucar.edu
AF: National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Dr, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: Shields, C A
EM: shields@ucar.edu
AF: National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Dr, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AB: Global climate system models are the most comprehensive tools for understanding Earth's climate and changes to the system through time. These models are becoming more complex as chemistry, biogeochemistry and vegetation dynamics are coupled to the physical climate system. Model simulations of the Mid and Latest Permian are compared to paleoclimate data to show how models and data can be used in conjunction to better understand Earth's deep climates. We also consider the implications of rapid change in the oceans at the Latest Permian, and the implications of this rapid change for Earth's future climate. A high-resolution (70km) atmospheric simulation of the Latest Permian will also be presented to show the importance of increased resolution on modeling paleoclimates. We also describe a new opportunity to carry out deep climate simulations for the paleoclimate community.
DE: 1225 Global change from geodesy (1222, 1622, 1630, 1641, 1645, 4556)
DE: 1605 Abrupt/rapid climate change (4901, 8408)
DE: 1626 Global climate models (3337, 4928)
DE: 4928 Global climate models (1626, 3337)
DE: 4930 Greenhouse gases
SC: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology [PP]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting