@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {13726},
      author = {Haywood, Alan M. and Dowsett, Harry J. and Dolan, Aisling  M. and Rowley, David and Abe-Ouchi, Ayako and  Otto-Bliesner, Bette and Chandler, Mark A. and Hunter,  Stephen J. and Lunt, Daniel J. and Pound, Matthew and  Salzmann, Ulrich},
      title = {The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) Phase  2: scientific objectives and experimental design},
      journal = {Climate of the Past},
      address = {2016-03-16},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {&lt;p&gt;The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) is  a co-ordinated international climate modelling initiative  to study and understand climate and environments of the  Late Pliocene, as well as their potential relevance in the  context of future climate change. PlioMIP examines the  consistency of model predictions in simulating Pliocene  climate and their ability to reproduce climate signals  preserved by geological climate archives. Here we provide a  description of the aim and objectives of the next phase of  the model intercomparison project (PlioMIP Phase 2), and we  present the experimental design and boundary conditions  that will be utilized for climate model experiments in  Phase 2.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Following on from PlioMIP Phase 1, Phase 2  will continue to be a mechanism for sampling structural  uncertainty within climate models. However, Phase 1  demonstrated the requirement to better understand boundary  condition uncertainties as well as uncertainty in the  methodologies used for data–model comparison. Therefore,  our strategy for Phase 2 is to utilize state-of-the-art  boundary conditions that have emerged over the last 5  years. These include a new palaeogeographic reconstruction,  detailing ocean bathymetry and land–ice surface topography.  The ice surface topography is built upon the lessons  learned from offline ice sheet modelling studies. Land  surface cover has been enhanced by recent additions of  Pliocene soils and lakes. Atmospheric reconstructions of  palaeo-CO2 are emerging on orbital timescales, and these  are also incorporated into PlioMIP Phase 2. New records of  surface and sea surface temperature change are being  produced that will be more temporally consistent with the  boundary conditions and forcings used within models.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Finally we have designed a suite of prioritized  experiments that tackle issues surrounding the basic  understanding of the Pliocene and its relevance in the  context of future climate change in a discrete way.&lt;/p&gt;},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/13726},
}