Two drastically different climate states  on an Earth-like terra-planet

Kalidindi, Sirisha; Reick, Christian H.; Raddatz, Thomas; Claussen, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-739-2018

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-739-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-739-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

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07 Jun 2018

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Two drastically different climate states on an Earth-like terra-planet

Sirisha Kalidindi, Christian H. Reick, Thomas Raddatz, and Martin Claussen

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Dorian Abbot's review', Dorian Abbot, 11 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1 comments:', Sirisha Kalidindi, 21 Dec 2017
RC2: 'Referee report', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Nov 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2 comments:', Sirisha Kalidindi, 21 Dec 2017
RC3: 'climate bifurcations for dry planets', Anonymous Referee #3, 16 Nov 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Referee #3 comments:', Sirisha Kalidindi, 21 Dec 2017

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (08 Feb 2018) by Valerio Lucarini

AR by Sirisha Kalidindi on behalf of the Authors (19 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Mar 2018) by Valerio Lucarini

RR by Dorian Abbot (22 Mar 2018)

RR by Jun Yang (10 Apr 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 Apr 2018) by Valerio Lucarini

AR by Sirisha Kalidindi on behalf of the Authors (30 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (03 May 2018) by Valerio Lucarini

AR by Sirisha Kalidindi on behalf of the Authors (09 May 2018)

Short summary

Using climate simulations, we investigate the role of water recycling in shaping the climate of low-obliquity Earth-like terra-planets. By such a mechanism feeding water back from the extra-tropics to the tropics, the planet can assume two drastically different climate states differing by more than 35 K in global temperature. We describe the bifurcation between the two states occurring upon changes in surface albedo and argue that the bistability hints at a wider habitable zone for such planets.