Sean Cleator is attending and presenting a poster at the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Conference in Barcelona this week (25-28 March). The title of Sean’s poster is “A new multi-variable benchmark for Last Glacial Maximum simulations” and it is based on joint work with Sandy Harrison (Reading), Nancy Nichols (Reading), Iain Prentice (Imperial College) and Ian Roulstone.  The poster presents a new global reconstruction of seasonal climates at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 21,000 yr BP) made using 3-D variational techniques, with pollen-based site reconstructions of six climate variables and the ensemble average of the PMIP3/CMIP5 simulations as a prior. A link to the conference with programme is here with a direct link to the abstracts here.