But it is not a hard science and the models have not been validated
by backcasting so the IPCC is stuck with a whole herd of projections.
Not exact matches
This results of such
backcasting has not been reported
by the IPCC either because it was not done, or more likely, because the results showed the models to be so poor that showing the results would destroy any credibility for the projection models.
The ones that ventured to provide validation
by carrying out
backcasts failed miserably.
They are not the
backcast analogous to the future projection which would be driven
by carbon dioxide concentration.