PAGES - Past Global Changes

The workshop will bring together paleoceanographers and climate modelers to carry out the first comparison of existing ocean proxy data with PMIP3 model results, consider new ways of data-model comparison and the feasibility of extending the method to new data.

The main aims are to:

• carry out the first evaluation of the PMIP3 simulations of the past oceans against paleoceanographic data

• achieve progress on treatment of uncertainty in proxy-based reconstructions and in data-model comparisons

• formulate recommendations for best practice in usage and interpretation of proxy data, including a guide of how to use benchmark ocean proxy data for PMIP3

• review the status of data synthesis on LGM deep ocean and ocean circulation and assess its suitability for data-model comparison

• assess the potential of extending the MARGO approach towards new temporal targets

• consider novel ways of comparing data with models and using patterns in model ensembles to guide future paleoceanographic work

Please contact the organizers if you would like to attend.