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  Influence of proxy data uncertainty on data assimilation for the past climate

Matsikaris, A., Widmann, M., & Jungclaus, J. H. (2016). Influence of proxy data uncertainty on data assimilation for the past climate. Climate of the Past, 12, 1555-1563. doi:10.5194/cp-12-1555-2016.

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Jungclaus, Johann H.1, Author                 
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1Director’s Research Group OES, The Ocean in the Earth System, MPI for Meteorology, Max Planck Society, ou_913553              

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 Abstract: Data assimilation (DA) is an emerging topic in palaeoclimatology and one of the key challenges in this field. Assimilating proxy-based continental mean temperature reconstructions into the MPI-ESM model showed a lack of information propagation to small spatial scales <cite classCombining double low line. Here, we investigate whether this lack of regional skill is due to the methodology or to errors in the assimilated reconstructions. Error separation is fundamental, as it can lead to improvements in DA methods. We address the question by performing a new set of simulations, using two different sets of target data; the proxy-based PAGES 2K reconstructions (DA-P scheme), and the HadCRUT3v instrumental observations (DA-I scheme). Again, we employ ensemble-member selection DA using the MPI-ESM model, and assimilate Northern Hemisphere (NH) continental mean temperatures; the simulated period is 1850-1949 AD. Both DA schemes follow the large-scale target and observed climate variations well, but the assimilation of instrumental data improves the performance. This improvement cannot be seen for Asia, where the limited instrumental coverage leads to errors in the target data and low skill for the DA-I scheme. No skill on small spatial scales is found for either of the two DA schemes, demonstrating that errors in the assimilated data are not the main reason for the unrealistic representation of the regional temperature variability in Europe and the NH. It can thus be concluded that assimilating continental mean temperatures is not ideal for providing skill on small spatial scales. © 2016 Author(s).

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2016-07-262016-07-26
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-1555-2016
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Title: Climate of the Past
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 12 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1555 - 1563 Identifier: ISSN: 18149324