Sentences with phrase «sensitivity of a general circulation model»

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Le Treut, H., Z.X. Li, and M. Forichon, 1994: Sensitivity of the LMD general circulation model to greenhouse forcing associated with two different cloud water parametrizations.

«Seasonal Cycle Experiments on Climate Sensitivity Due to a Doubling of CO2 with an Atmospheric General Circulation Model Coupled to a Simple Mixed Layer Ocean Model.»

«The Sensitivity of Monsoon Climates to Orbital Parameterization Changes for 9000 Years BP: Experiments with the NCAR General Circulation Model.»

The three successive IPCC reports (1991 [2], 1996, and 2001 [3]-RRB- concentrated therefore, in addition to estimates of equilibrium sensitivity, on estimates of climate change over the 21st century, based on several scenarios of CO2 increase over this time interval, and using up to 18 general circulation models (GCMs) in the fourth IPCC Assessment Report (AR4)[4].

Computer simulations of the climate, referred to as «general circulation models» (GCMs), can be used to assess the sensitivity of climate to changes that might result from increased greenhouse gases.

13.2.1 Incremental Scenarios for Sensitivity Studies 13.2.2 Analogue Scenarios 13.2.2.1 Spatial analogues 13.2.2.2 Temporal analogues 13.2.3 Scenarios Based on Outputs from Climate Models 13.2.3.1 Scenarios from General Circulation Models 13.2.3.2 Scenarios from simple climate models 13.2.4 Other Types of SceModels 13.2.3.1 Scenarios from General Circulation Models 13.2.3.2 Scenarios from simple climate models 13.2.4 Other Types of SceModels 13.2.3.2 Scenarios from simple climate models 13.2.4 Other Types of Scemodels 13.2.4 Other Types of Scenarios

Lo, 1997: Sensitivity of northern hemisphere air temperatures and snow expansion to North Pacific sea surface temperatures in the Goddard Institute for Space Studies general circulation model.

The sensitivity of NPP to climate change is especially uncertain because it depends on changing soil water availability, which varies significantly between General Circulation Models (GCMs), with some models suggesting major drying and reduced productivity in tropical ecosystems (Cox et al., Models (GCMs), with some models suggesting major drying and reduced productivity in tropical ecosystems (Cox et al., models suggesting major drying and reduced productivity in tropical ecosystems (Cox et al., 2004).

Contrary to Schlesinger's result, the majority of state - of - the - art four - dimensional «general circulation models» (GCMs)- the kind used in the Trenberth and Fasullo study - estimate the climate sensitivity is closer to 3 degrees C.