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

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.