Recent and deep pasts in paleoclimate model intercomparison project

Second Workshop of the Palaeoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project Phase 3;Crewe, United Kingdom, 6–11 May 2012 The Palaeoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) is an international initiative endorsed by the World Climate Research Programme, the International Geosphere‐Biosphere Programme, and the Past Global Changes Project. Its objective is to provide a coherent framework to assess climate models and investigate climate dynamics on the basis of paleoclimate evidence. To this end, PMIP provides protocols for simulations of a set of past epochs with climate models, centralizes model output and facilitates access to it, and organizes syntheses of paleoclimate observations for model evaluation.