DeepMIP paper outlining methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data published in GMD

Posted on by Lauren Brown

We are delighted to say that the DeepMIP community paper that outlines methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data, has been published in GMD. This incorporates the first version of the official DeepMIP database.

This represents a huge community effort, and we would like to thank all the co-authors, and especially Chris Hollis for leading it. This paper will form the basis of much future DeepMIP work (for example the model-data comparison and global-mean temperature papers that will follow it), as well as providing an invaluable resource outlining in detail the strengths and weaknesses of all our proxies.

You can access the paper on this link – The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data, incorporating version 0.1 of the DeepMIP database

SST estimates derived from (a) carbonate proxies and (b) all proxies for three time slices: latest Paleocene (LP), PETM and EECO. Deep-sea δ18O records that are inferred to be affected by diagenesis are omitted from Fig. 8a. These data are tabulated in Supplement Data Files 3–6. Grey data cloud in Fig. 8b represents modern SST measurements derived from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (2017), ERA5 Reanalysis Monthly Means, from https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds630.1/