[{"name":"zhang-2022-holocene-vegetation-1","title":"Simulations for mid-Holocene and pre-industrial climate with EC-Earth3 model \u2014 selected data for a study on vegetation feedback","summary":"Pre-industrial period (1850 CE) and mid-Holocene (6000 years ago) climates were simulated by the CMIP6-PMIP4 version of the European Consortium Earth System Model (EC-Earth) with a horizontal resolution of ~1.125\u00b0. The dataset contains selected output data from the simulations.\r\n\r\nIn total, four 200-year long simulations were made, of which two have pre-industrial orbital boundary conditions and two have mid-Holocene boundary conditions. The difference between the two simulations for each time slice is that one uses a coupled dynamic vegetation configuration while the other was made with a prescribed vegetation configuration.\r\n\r\nThis dataset is used to describe the distribution of vegetation in high latitudes during the mid-Holocene and pre-industrial period, and Arctic climate change due to vegetation feedbacks between the two periods.","citations":"Chen J, Zhang Q, Kjellstr\u00f6m E, Lu Z, Chen F (2022) The contribution of vegetation feedbacks and resultant sea ice loss to amplified Arctic warming during the mid-Holocene. Submitted to Geophysical Research Letters.\r\n\r\nZhang Q, Berntell E, Axelsson J, Chen J, Han Z, de Nooijer W, Lu Z, Li Q, Zhang Q, Wyser K, Yang S (2021) Simulating the mid-Holocene, last interglacial and mid-Pliocene climate with EC-Earth3-LR, Geosci. Model Dev. 14:1147\u2060\u200a\u2013\u200a\u20601169. doi:10.5194\/gmd-14-1147-2021","comments":"In total, four simulations were conducted; two of them using coupled dynamic vegetation configuration (EC-Earth3-Veg-LR) and two with prescribed vegetation configuration (EC-Earth3-LR). Two of the simulations were made with with pre-industrial boundary conditions (PI_orb) and two with mid-Holocene boundary conditions (MH_orb).\r\n\r\nIn this case, the differences between MH_orb and PI_orb could largely represent the differences in climate due to differences in orbital forcing. The differences in climate resulting from both differences in orbital forcing and vegetation feedbacks could be largely represented by the differences between MH_veg and PI_veg. Ultimately, vegetation feedbacks could be further distinguished by comparing the difference between the MH_veg minus PI_veg, and MH_orb minus PI_orb.\r\n\r\nDetailed information on model experiment setup and evaluation for mid-Holocene and pre-industrial simulations with EC-Earth3 can be found in Zhang et al. (2021).\r\n\r\nFor the other variables in simulations for mid-Holocene and pre-industrial beyond this research, please contact [Qiong Zhang](mailto:qiong.zhang@natgeo.su.se).","category":"Atmosphere","subcategory":"Climate simulation","keywords":"Mid-Holocene; Arctic warming; Arctic greening; Vegetation feedback; Sea-ice loss; EC-Earth","scientist":"Qiong Zhang, Jie Chen","firstname":"Qiong ","lastname":"Zhang","address":"Department of Physical Geography; Stockholm University","postalcode":"SE-106 91","city":"Stockholm","province":"","country":"Sweden","parameters":"Earth science services > Models > Dynamic vegetation\/ecosystem models","location":"Geographic Region > Arctic","progress":"Completed","language":"English","project":"This study was made within a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council VR (Vetenskapsr\u00e5det). \"Simulating the Green Sahara with an Earth System Model\", project number 2017-04232, period 2018-2022, PI: Qiong Zhang.","publisher":"Bolin Centre Database","version":"1","constrains":"","access":""}]