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Dataset of Phanerozoic continental climate and Koppen-Geiger climate classes
Pohl, A.; Wong Hearing, T.W.; Franc, A.; Sepulchre, P.; Scotese, C.R. (2022). Dataset of Phanerozoic continental climate and Koppen-Geiger climate classes. Data in Brief 43: 108424. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108424
In: Data in Brief. Elsevier: Netherlands. e-ISSN 2352-3409, more
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Author keywords
    Paleoclimate; General circulation model; Phanerozoic; Continental climate; Seasonal temperatures; Seasonal precipitation; Seasonal evaporation; Koppen-Geiger climate classes

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  • Pohl, A.
  • Wong Hearing, T.W., more
  • Franc, A.
  • Sepulchre, P.
  • Scotese, C.R.

Abstract
    This article describes a suite of global climate model output files that provide continental climatic conditions (monthly temperatures, precipitation, evaporation, precipitation minus evaporation balance, runoff) together with the calculated Köppen–Geiger climate classes and topography, for 28 evenly spaced time slices through the Phanerozoic (Cambrian to Quaternary, 540 Ma to 0 Ma). Climatic variables were simulated with the Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model (FOAM), using a recent set of open-access continental reconstructions with paleotopography and recent atmospheric CO2 and solar luminosity estimates. FOAM is a general circulation model frequently used in paleoclimate studies, especially in the Palaeozoic. Köppen–Geiger climate classes were calculated based on simulated temperature and precipitation fields using Wong Hearing et al.’s [1] implementation of Peel et al.’s [2] updated classification. This dataset provides a unique window onto changing continental climate throughout the Phanerozoic that accounts for the simultaneous evolution of paleogeography (continental configuration and topography), atmospheric composition and greenhouse gas forcing, and solar luminosity.

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