Course 3: Paleoclimate I: Integrating modern processes data evaluation and models

1-6 April 2005: University of Southampton

Course 3 assesses key aspects of the modern climate system, their incorporation in computer models and their application in past time slices. Topics included are:

The carbon cycle

Time slice reconstructions ­ observation (definition of time slices, temporal constraints, proxy selection) and model implications (model setup, model complexity versus efficiency and reliability)

Statistical analysis of raw data

Inter-hemispheric phase relationships

Land-ocean interaction (e.g. ice sheet dynamics and vegetation changes and their effects on the climate system)

Modes of the climate system

Proxy records: constraints for climate models (scales of data versus scales of models)

Michal Kucera: Tutorial on transfer functions and the MARGO
André Paul: materials
André Paul: materials 2