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Rohling et al. 2012
Rohling, E.J., A. Sluijs, H.A. Dijkstra, P. Köhler, R.S.W. van de Wal, A.S. von der Heydt, D.J. Beerling, A. Berger, P.K. Bijl, M. Crucifix, R. DeConto, S.S. Drijfhout, A. Fedorov, G.L. Foster, A. Ganopolski, , B. Hönisch, H. Hooghiemstra, M. Huber, P. Huybers, R. Knutti, D.W. Lea, L.J. Lourens, D. Lunt, V. Masson-Demotte, M. Medina-Elizalde, B. Otto-Bliesner, M. Pagani, H. Pälike, H. Renssen, D.L. Royer, M. Siddall, P. Valdes, J.C. Zachos, and R.E. Zeebe, 2012: Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity. Nature, 491, 683-691, doi:10.1038/nature11574.
Many palaeoclimate studies have quantified pre-anthropogenic climate change to calculate climate sensitivity (equilibrium temperature change in response to radiative forcing change), but a lack of consistent methodologies produces a wide range of estimates and hinders comparability of results. Here we present a stricter approach, to improve intercomparison of palaeoclimate sensitivity estimates in a manner compatible with equilibrium projections for future climate change. Over the past 65 million years, this reveals a climate sensitivity (in K/Wm2) of 0.3-1.9 or 0.6-1.3 at 95% or 68% probability, respectively. The latter implies a warming of 2.2-4.8 K per doubling of atmospheric CO2, which agrees with IPCC estimates.
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@article{ro09210n,
author={Rohling, E. J. and Sluijs, A. and Dijkstra, H. A. and Köhler, P. and van de Wal, R. S. W. and von der Heydt, A. S. and Beerling, D. J. and Berger, A. and Bijl, P. K. and Crucifix, M. and DeConto, R. and Drijfhout, S. S. and Fedorov, A. and Foster, G. L. and Ganopolski, A. and Hansen, J. and Hönisch, B. and Hooghiemstra, H. and Huber, M. and Huybers, P. and Knutti, R. and Lea, D. W. and Lourens, L. J. and Lunt, D. and Masson-Demotte, V. and Medina-Elizalde, M. and Otto-Bliesner, B. and Pagani, M. and Pälike, H. and Renssen, H. and Royer, D. L. and Siddall, M. and Valdes, P. and Zachos, J. C. and Zeebe, R. E.},
title={Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity},
year={2012},
journal={Nature},
volume={491},
pages={683--691},
doi={10.1038/nature11574},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - ro09210n AU - Rohling, E. J. AU - Sluijs, A. AU - Dijkstra, H. A. AU - Köhler, P. AU - van de Wal, R. S. W. AU - von der Heydt, A. S. AU - Beerling, D. J. AU - Berger, A. AU - Bijl, P. K. AU - Crucifix, M. AU - DeConto, R. AU - Drijfhout, S. S. AU - Fedorov, A. AU - Foster, G. L. AU - Ganopolski, A. AU - Hansen, J. AU - Hönisch, B. AU - Hooghiemstra, H. AU - Huber, M. AU - Huybers, P. AU - Knutti, R. AU - Lea, D. W. AU - Lourens, L. J. AU - Lunt, D. AU - Masson-Demotte, V. AU - Medina-Elizalde, M. AU - Otto-Bliesner, B. AU - Pagani, M. AU - Pälike, H. AU - Renssen, H. AU - Royer, D. L. AU - Siddall, M. AU - Valdes, P. AU - Zachos, J. C. AU - Zeebe, R. E. PY - 2012 TI - Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity JA - Nature JO - Nature VL - 491 SP - 683 EP - 691 DO - 10.1038/nature11574 ER -
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