Dataset of Phanerozoic continental climate and Köppen–Geiger climate classes
SEPULCHRE, Pierre
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Modélisation du climat [CLIM]
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Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Modélisation du climat [CLIM]
Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Data in Brief. 2022-06, vol. 43, p. 108424
Elsevier
English Abstract
This article describes a suite of global climate model output files that provide continental climatic conditions (monthly temperatures, precipitation, evaporation, precipitation minus evaporation balance, runoff) together ...Read more >
This article describes a suite of global climate model output files that provide continental climatic conditions (monthly temperatures, precipitation, evaporation, precipitation minus evaporation balance, runoff) together with the calculated Köppen–Geiger climate classes and topography, for 28 evenly spaced time slices through the Phanerozoic (Cambrian to Quaternary, 540 Ma to 0 Ma). Climatic variables were simulated with the Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model (FOAM), using a recent set of open-access continental reconstructions with paleotopography and recent atmospheric CO2 and solar luminosity estimates. FOAM is a general circulation model frequently used in paleoclimate studies, especially in the Palaeozoic. Köppen–Geiger climate classes were calculated based on simulated temperature and precipitation fields using Wong Hearing et al.’s [1] implementation of Peel et al.’s [2] updated classification. This dataset provides a unique window onto changing continental climate throughout the Phanerozoic that accounts for the simultaneous evolution of paleogeography (continental configuration and topography), atmospheric composition and greenhouse gas forcing, and solar luminosity.Read less <
English Keywords
Paleoclimate
General circulation model
Phanerozoic
Continental climate
Seasonal temperatures
Seasonal precipitation
Seasonal evaporation
Köppen–Geiger climate classes
Origin
Hal imported