Sea surface temperature anomalies for Pliocene interglacial KM5c (PlioVAR)

  • Erin L. McClymont (Contributor)
  • Heather L. Ford (Contributor)
  • Sze Ling Ho (Contributor)
  • M. Alonso-Garcia (Contributor)
  • Ian Bailey (Contributor)
  • Melissa A. Berke (Contributor)
  • Kate Littler (Contributor)
  • Molly O. Patterson (Contributor)
  • Benjamin Petrick (Contributor)
  • Francien Peterse (Contributor)
  • A. Christina Ravelo (Contributor)
  • Bjorg Risebrobakken (Contributor)
  • Stijn De Schepper (Contributor)
  • G. E.A. Swann (Contributor)
  • Kaustubh Thirumalai (Contributor)
  • Jessica E Tierney (Contributor)
  • Carolien Van Der Weijst (Contributor)
  • Sarah White (Contributor)

Dataset

Description

We examine a single interglacial during the late Pliocene (KM5c, ca. 3.205 +/- 0.01 Ma) when atmospheric CO2 concentrations were higher than pre-industrial, but similar to today and to the lowest emission scenarios for this century. As orbital forcing and continental configurations were also similar to today, we are able to focus on equilibrium climate system response to modern and near-future CO2. We have synthesised largely published datasets, scrutinised their age models, and generated mean absolute SSTs and their anomaly relative to the pre-industrial. Here we present those values for both alkenone and foraminifera-Mg/Ca proxies.
Date made available2020
PublisherPANGAEA
Geographical coverageLOCATION: Indian Ocean//RIDGE
Geospatial Polygon-45.68333, -178.166, 69.2415, 174.9578
  • Lessons from a high-CO2 world: An ocean view from ∼3 million years ago

    McClymont, E. L., Ford, H. L., Ling Ho, S., Tindall, J. C., Haywood, A. M., Alonso-Garcia, M., Bailey, I., Berke, M. A., Littler, K., Patterson, M. O., Petrick, B., Peterse, F., Christina Ravelo, A., Risebrobakken, B., De Schepper, S., Swann, G. E. A., Thirumalai, K., Tierney, J. E., Van Der Weijst, C., White, S., & 16 othersAbe-Ouchi, A., Baatsen, M. L. J., Brady, E. C., Chan, W. L., Chandan, D., Feng, R., Guo, C., Von Der Heydt, A. S., Hunter, S., Li, X., Lohmann, G., Nisancioglu, K. H., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Richard Peltier, W., Stepanek, C. & Zhang, Z., Aug 27 2020, In: Climate of the Past. 16, 4, p. 1599-1615 17 p.

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