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Project title
Developing a toolkit for model evaluation using speleothem isotope data
Primary Funding Agency
Geological Survey Of Ireland (GSI)
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
University College Dublin (UCD)
Project Abstract
Speleothems (cave carbonates) provide highly resolved records with the potential to reconstruct past changes in mean regional climate and climate variability on annual to millennial timescales.Some climate models now explicitly include isotopic tracers, and thus the isotopic records from speleothems can be used directly for model evaluation. Sponsorship from PAGES (Past GlobalChanges) has allowed the creation of Working Group, the objective of which is to synthesize the 500+ speleothem records available globally and to develop a public-access database that will feed the next round of CMIP6-PMIP4 simulations and eventually the next IPCC report. Such a database (the first for speleothems) can also be used to refine our understanding of regional changes in climate forcings through time, which is crucial in model evaluation.
Grant Approved
�24,982.00
Research Theme
Ireland's Future Climate, its Impacts, and Adaptation Options
Initial Projected Completion Date
01/10/2021