Effects of mean state of climate models on the response to prescribed forcing: Sensitivity experiments with the SPEEDY general circulation model.

Susanna Corti1, Emanuele Di Carlo1, Paolo Ruggieri2, Paolo Davini3 and Stefano Tibaldi4, (1)CNR Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Bologna, Italy, (2)Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Bologna, Italy, (3)CNR Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Torino, Italy, (4)Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Bologna, Italy