The climate of a retrograde rotating Earth

Mikolajewicz, Uwe; Ziemen, Florian; Cioni, Guido; Claussen, Martin; Fraedrich, Klaus; Heidkamp, Marvin; Hohenegger, Cathy; Jimenez de la Cuesta, Diego; Kapsch, Marie-Luise; Lemburg, Alexander; Mauritsen, Thorsten; Meraner, Katharina; Röber, Niklas; Schmidt, Hauke; Six, Katharina D.; Stemmler, Irene; Tamarin-Brodsky, Talia; Winkler, Alexander; Zhu, Xiuhua; Stevens, Bjorn

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-1191-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-1191-2018

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The climate of a retrograde rotating Earth

Uwe Mikolajewicz, Florian Ziemen, Guido Cioni, Martin Claussen, Klaus Fraedrich, Marvin Heidkamp, Cathy Hohenegger, Diego Jimenez de la Cuesta, Marie-Luise Kapsch, Alexander Lemburg, Thorsten Mauritsen, Katharina Meraner, Niklas Röber, Hauke Schmidt, Katharina D. Six, Irene Stemmler, Talia Tamarin-Brodsky, Alexander Winkler, Xiuhua Zhu, and Bjorn Stevens

Data sets

Wind 2h N. Röber, U. Mikolajewicz, F. Ziemen, G. Cioni, M. Claussen, K. Fraedrich, M. Heidkamp, C. Hohenegger, G. Jimenez de la Cuesta, M.-L. Kapsch, A. Lemburg, T. Mauritsen, K. Meraner, H. Schmidt, K. D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Tamarin-Brodsky, A. Winkler, X. Zhu, and B. Stevens https://doi.org/10.5446/36561

Surface temperature monthly N. Röber, U. Mikolajewicz, F. Ziemen, G. Cioni, M. Claussen, K. Fraedrich, M. Heidkamp, C. Hohenegger, G. Jimenez de la Cuesta, M.-L. Kapsch, A. Lemburg, T. Mauritsen, K. Meraner, H. Schmidt, K. D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Tamarin-Brodsky, A. Winkler, X. Zhu, and B. Stevens https://doi.org/10.5446/36560

Surface temperature 2h N. Röber, U. Mikolajewicz, F. Ziemen, G. Cioni, M. Claussen, K. Fraedrich, M. Heidkamp, C. Hohenegger, G. Jimenez de la Cuesta, M.-L. Kapsch, A. Lemburg, T. Mauritsen, K. Meraner, H. Schmidt, K. D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Tamarin-Brodsky, A. Winkler, X. Zhu, and B. Stevens https://doi.org/10.5446/36559

Sea surface salinity monthly N. Röber, U. Mikolajewicz, F. Ziemen, G. Cioni, M. Claussen, K. Fraedrich, M. Heidkamp, C. Hohenegger, G. Jimenez de la Cuesta, M.-L. Kapsch, A. Lemburg, T. Mauritsen, K. Meraner, H. Schmidt, K. D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Tamarin-Brodsky, A. Winkler, X. Zhu, and B. Stevens https://doi.org/10.5446/36558

Sea ice monthly N. Röber, U. Mikolajewicz, F. Ziemen, G. Cioni, M. Claussen, K. Fraedrich, M. Heidkamp, C. Hohenegger, G. Jimenez de la Cuesta, M.-L. Kapsch, A. Lemburg, T. Mauritsen, K. Meraner, H. Schmidt, K. D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Tamarin-Brodsky, A. Winkler, X. Zhu, and B. Stevens https://doi.org/10.5446/36557

Precipitation monthly N. Röber, U. Mikolajewicz, F. Ziemen, G. Cioni, M. Claussen, K. Fraedrich, M. Heidkamp, C. Hohenegger, G. Jimenez de la Cuesta, M.-L. Kapsch, A. Lemburg, T. Mauritsen, K. Meraner, H. Schmidt, K. D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Tamarin-Brodsky, A. Winkler, X. Zhu, and B. Stevens https://doi.org/10.5446/36556

Precipitation 2h N. Röber, U. Mikolajewicz, F. Ziemen, G. Cioni, M. Claussen, K. Fraedrich, M. Heidkamp, C. Hohenegger, G. Jimenez de la Cuesta, M.-L. Kapsch, A. Lemburg, T. Mauritsen, K. Meraner, H. Schmidt, K. D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Tamarin-Brodsky, A. Winkler, X. Zhu, and B. Stevens https://doi.org/10.5446/36555

Nstar 3d monthly N. Röber, U. Mikolajewicz, F. Ziemen, G. Cioni, M. Claussen, K. Fraedrich, M. Heidkamp, C. Hohenegger, G. Jimenez de la Cuesta, M.-L. Kapsch, A. Lemburg, T. Mauritsen, K. Meraner, H. Schmidt, K. D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Tamarin-Brodsky, A. Winkler, X. Zhu, and B. Stevens https://doi.org/10.5446/36554

Leaf area index monthly N. Röber, U. Mikolajewicz, F. Ziemen, G. Cioni, M. Claussen, K. Fraedrich, M. Heidkamp, C. Hohenegger, G. Jimenez de la Cuesta, M.-L. Kapsch, A. Lemburg, T. Mauritsen, K. Meraner, H. Schmidt, K. D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Tamarin-Brodsky, A. Winkler, X. Zhu, and B. Stevens https://doi.org/10.5446/36553

Dissolved oxygen content 3d monthly N. Röber, U. Mikolajewicz, F. Ziemen, G. Cioni, M. Claussen, K. Fraedrich, M. Heidkamp, C. Hohenegger, G. Jimenez de la Cuesta, M.-L. Kapsch, A. Lemburg, T. Mauritsen, K. Meraner, H. Schmidt, K. D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Tamarin-Brodsky, A. Winkler, X. Zhu, and B. Stevens https://doi.org/10.5446/36552

Current speed 3d monthly N. Röber, U. Mikolajewicz, F. Ziemen, G. Cioni, M. Claussen, K. Fraedrich, M. Heidkamp, C. Hohenegger, G. Jimenez de la Cuesta, M.-L. Kapsch, A. Lemburg, T. Mauritsen, K. Meraner, H. Schmidt, K. D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Tamarin-Brodsky, A. Winkler, X. Zhu, and B. Stevens https://doi.org/10.5446/36551

Short summary

Model experiments show that changing the sense of Earth's rotation has relatively little impact on the globally and zonally averaged energy budgets but leads to large shifts in continental climates and patterns of precipitation. The retrograde world is greener as the desert area shrinks. Deep water formation shifts from the North Atlantic to the North Pacific with subsequent changes in ocean overturning. Over large areas of the Indian Ocean, cyanobacteria dominate over bulk phytoplankton.