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The paleoclimate simulations performed by the Flexible Global Ocean–Atmosphere–Land System model (FGOALS) are analyzed here under the framework of the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP). The two latest versions of FGOALS, Grid-point version 2.0 and Spectral version 2.0, appear able to reproduce reasonably well the large-scale climate changes in response to forcings in the mid-Holocene (MH), in the last glacial maximum (LGM), and in the mid-Pliocene. For example, the models reproduce the enhanced monsoon systems in the Northern Hemisphere during the MH and the cold and dry climate in the LGM; the global warming in the mid-Pliocene is also simulated within the range suggested by proxy reconstructions. However, data–model comparisons highlight potential model deficiencies in simulating regional climate changes.
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We sincerely thank the staff of all LASG/IAP modeling groups involved in the paleoclimate simulations. This study was jointly supported by the Chinese National Basic Research Program (Grant No. 2012CB955202), the National Natural Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 41006008 and 41023002), and the National Key Technologies R&D Program project (Grant No. 2010AA012302).
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Zheng, W., Yu, Y. (2014). Paleoclimate Simulations by FGOALS. In: Zhou, T., Yu, Y., Liu, Y., Wang, B. (eds) Flexible Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System Model. Springer Earth System Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41801-3_33
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