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Data and protocols for PlioMIP2 experiments



The following links connect to papers describing PRISM4 boundary conditions and the PlioMIP experimental design.
PRISM4 boundary conditions: www.clim-past.net/12/1519/2016/

Experimental design: www.clim-past.net/12/663/2016/


  • Download PlioMIP2 Modern data here.
  • Download PlioMIP2 Pliocene data with STANDARD boundary conditions here.
  • Download PlioMIP2 Pliocene data with ENHANCED boundary conditions here.

    When using the PRISM4 boundary conditions, please site:

    Dowsett, H., Dolan, A., Rowley, D., Moucha, R., Forte, A. M., Mitrovica, J. X., Pound, M., Salzmann, U., Robinson, M., Chandler, M., Foley, K., and Haywood, A., 2016, The PRISM4 (mid-Piacenzian) paleoenvironmental reconstruction: Climate of the Past, 12(7): 1519-1538.


PlioMIP data and variables

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✓ Data must be on regularly spaced grid
✓ Data is required for the Pliocene plus the control experiment


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