Open AccessSolar forcing of Earth's surface temperature in PMIP3 simulations of the last millennium
Author(s) -
Le Thanh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1002/asl2.555
Subject(s) - climatology , forcing (mathematics) , solar irradiance , environmental science , subtropics , atmospheric sciences , latitude , paleoclimatology , climate model , surface air temperature , meteorology , climate change , geology , geography , geodesy , oceanography , fishery , biology
This study quantitatively diagnose the linkage between Total Solar Irradiance ( TSI ) and Earth's near‐surface air temperature ( TAS ) of past 1000‐year as simulated by Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project 3 ( PMIP3 ) models. The results demonstrate that there is causal feedback of TAS from TSI variations, especially in the tropical and subtropical regions. The consistency between models in simulating solar signal in TAS responses is significant in these regions with more than 70% selected models showing agreement. There is no agreement between models in simulating TSI‐TAS relationship in mid and high latitude regions.