Climate Change Research ›› 2019, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (5): 526-532.doi: 10.12006/j.issn.1673-1719.2019.087

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Short commentary on CMIP6 Model Intercomparison Project on the climatic response to Volcanic forcing (VolMIP)

Wen-Min MAN1,Meng ZUO1,2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
    2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
  • Received:2018-04-16 Revised:2018-06-05 Online:2019-09-30 Published:2019-09-30

Abstract:

In order to achieve a better understanding of the inter-model uncertainties in the response to volcanic forcing, the Model Intercomparison Project on the climatic response to Volcanic forcing (VolMIP) has been endorsed to the CMIP6. It consists of a set of idealized volcanic perturbation experiments, which include three main experiments: the first is designed to investigate the short-term (seasonal to interannual) atmospheric response, the second is designed to investigate the long-term (interannual to decadal) response of the coupled climate system, and the third is designed to investigate the climatic response to close successions of volcanic eruptions. VolMIP will provide the same volcanic aerosol data set for each experiment and conduct large simulation ensembles, which allows to investigate the inter-model differences. A set of initial conditions are also defined to assess the different contribution of the internal variability and external forcing to the climatic response.

Key words: The Model Intercomparison Project on the climatic response to Volcanic forcing (VolMIP), Volcanic forcing, Climatic response, Model uncertainties

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