Capital accumulation and taxation in a general
equilibrium model with risky human capital.
OLR increases in the optically thinner bands would lead to atmospheric warming in general, but this has to be accompanied by OLR decreases somewhere, such as in optically thicker bands (and always in the band where optical thickness was added, assuming positive lapse rates everywhere as is the case in a 1 - dimensional
equilibrium model with zero solar heating above the tropopause, or at least not too much solar heating in some distributions), which will tend to cause cooling of upper levels.
Not exact matches
Just a classic general
equilibrium models, efficient markets, smooth continuous price movements, the Phillips curve, Black - Scholes — I'm good friends
with Myron Scholes, and he's taught me a lot, but there's a lot of flaws in that
model.
Deloitte Access Economics (DAE) was commissioned by Tabcorp to
model public benefits of cost savings they anticipated from the merger DAE's Regional General
Equilibrium computer general equilibrium model (CGE model) to estimate «broader and long - term economy - wide benefits associated with the merger»
Equilibrium computer general
equilibrium model (CGE model) to estimate «broader and long - term economy - wide benefits associated with the merger»
equilibrium model (CGE
model) to estimate «broader and long - term economy - wide benefits associated
with the merger» (para 514)
We show elsewhere (8) that a forcing of 1.08 W / m2 yields a warming of 3/4 °C by 2050 in transient climate simulations
with a
model having
equilibrium sensitivity of 3/4 °C per W / m2.
This required a
model with a full representation of all the forces involved in ice flow applied specifically to PIG: «A more detailed understanding of PIG's departure from
equilibrium flow will require an understanding of its particular stream mechanics» (Shepherd et al., 2001).
They conclude, based on study of CMIP5
model output, that
equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) is not a fixed quantity — as temperatures increase, the response is nonlinear,
with a smaller effective ECS in the first decades of the experiments, increasing over time.
When it is assumed that the CO2 content of the atmosphere is doubled and statistical thermal
equilibrium is achieved, the more realistic of the
modeling efforts predict a global surface warming of between 2 °C and 3.5 °C,
with greater increases at high latitudes.
We show elsewhere (8) that a forcing of 1.08 W / m2 yields a warming of 3/4 °C by 2050 in transient climate simulations
with a
model having
equilibrium sensitivity of 3/4 °C per W / m2.
To get an idea of why this is, we can start
with the simplest 1D energy balance
equilibrium climate
model:
CO2 concentration was then instantaneously doubled, and the
model was integrated to a new
equilibrium with unchanged implied ocean heat transport...
Some AOGCM
models have been coupled
with carbon cycle
models, but I've not yet regained the exact references concerning this coupling and the results for the range of
equilibrium CS.
But, still, that shape is what the way you'd expect that
model data to look like if you start at
equilibrium and then ramp the forcing up
with time.
There may be temporary imbalances, but they must average out over time.In an «
equilibrium - response» experiment, scientists begin by setting up a climate
model with concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) at their present real - world levels.
3 - proper weighing,
with justifications, must be given to all (or most) of the internal and external forcings,
with a clear understanding of how each affects the climate
equilibrium 2 - this will naturally follow 3 and 4 - thorough
model validation being a must 1 - predictions must be verified
with full null hypothesis in place.
But, when it flips from one
equilibrium state to another, you can re-linearize about that
equilibrium, and describe perturbations from it
with a linear system
model.
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia and Rwanda are currently experimenting
with an integrated environmental - economic general
equilibrium model that makes use of their natural capital accounts.
So it seems to me that the simple way of communicating a complex problem has led to several fallacies becoming fixed in the discussions of the real problem; (1) the Earth is a black body, (2)
with no materials either surrounding the systems or in the systems, (3) in radiative energy transport
equilibrium, (4) response is chaotic solely based on extremely rough appeal to temporal - based chaotic response, (5) but at the same time exhibits trends, (6) but at the same time averages of chaotic response are not chaotic, (7) the mathematical
model is a boundary value problem yet it is solved in the time domain, (8) absolutely all that matters is the incoming radiative energy at the TOA and the outgoing radiative energy at the Earth's surface, (9) all the physical phenomena and processes that are occurring between the TOA and the surface along
with all the materials within the subsystems can be ignored, (10) including all other activities of human kind save for our contributions of CO2 to the atmosphere, (11) neglecting to mention that if these were true there would be no problem yet we continue to expend time and money working on the problem.
2.0 C Projections: This simple
model puts hitting
equilibrium temp of 2.0 C at 2043 (2.5 ppm annual rise)
with a baseline of 1955; 25 years from now.
Efficient
models can be run to
equilibrium with a dynamic ocean.
Equilibrium climate sensitivity is likely to be in the range 2 °C to 4.5 °C
with a most likely value of about 3 °C, based upon multiple observational and
modelling constraints.
The
model output is evidence of the result of the many processes working together, much as the Pythagorean theorem provides evidence about the hypoteneuses of a large set imperfectly studied right triangles; or long term simulations of the planetary movements based on Newton's laws provide evidence that the orbits are chaotic rather than periodic; or simulations provide evidence that high - dimensional nonlinear dissipative systems are never in
equilibrium or steady state even
with constant input.
We need to be careful focussing upon «trends» — it can lead to serious errors of context — and this underlies the entire «global warming» thesis which relies upon computer
models with entirely false (i.e. non-natural) notions of an
equilibrium starting point and calculations of trend — this conveniently ignores cycles, and it has to because a) there are several non-orbital cycles in motion (8 - 10 yr, 11, 22, 60, 70, 80, 400 and 1000 - 1500) depending on ocean basic, hemisphere and global view — all interacting via «teleconnection» of those ocean basins, some clearly timed by solar cycles, some peaking together; b) because the cycles are not exact, you can not tell in any one decade where you are in the longer cycles.
Equilibrium climate sensitivity is likely between 1.5 K to 4.5 K,
with that range to likely increase to 2K to 4.5 K now that the errors in the energy - budget -
model - based approaches (used by Lewis, Curry, and others) have been identified.
According to
model experiments and consistent
with data from past climate changes, this inertia results in a lag of several decades between the imposition of a radiative forcing and a final
equilibrium temperature.»
The fact that the estimates based on the instrumental period tend to peak low has probably more to do
with the fact that the climate has not been in
equilibrium during that entire instrumental period and so therefore converting the sensitivity computed into an
equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS), which is what is being discussed, requires some guesswork (and, dare I say it —
modelling).
Along
with the corrected value of F2xCO2 being higher than the one used in the paper, and the correct comparison being
with the
model's effective climate sensitivity of ~ 2.0 C, this results in a higher estimate of
equilibrium efficacy from Historical total forcing.
But more importantly Caldeira and Wickett's
modeling experiments only examined geochemical processes and erroneously assumed 1) ocean surface CO2 is in
equilibrium with the atmosphere; and 2) the biosphere was a neutral participant.
As discussed in the article on natural cycles of ocean «acidification», and illustrated in the graph below by Martinez - Boti, over the past 15,000 years proxy data (thick lines) has determined surface pH has rarely been in
equilibrium with expectations (green line) based on
models driven by atmospheric CO2.
I further believe that the current approach of
modeling the
equilibrium states and treating the transitions between them as only of secondary interest is doomed to failure, because for a long time now and for the foreseeable future we're in a transition
with no
equilibrium state within a century of today's date.
The
equilibrium climate sensitivity will be about 50 % greater than this due to the ocean acting as a heat sink, so the ECS will be about 3C, in line
with the mean estimate from the
models.
In all of these simple
models, we assume the atmosphere to have a volume as fixed as a bathtub, we assume that the atmosphere / ocean system is a closed system, we assume that the incoming radiation from the Sun is constant, we assume no turbulence, we assume no viscosity, we assume radiative
equilibrium with no feedback lag, we take no account of water vapor flux assuming it to be constant, no change in albedo from changes in land use, glacier lengthening and shortening, no volcanic eruptions, no feedbacks from vegetation.
The methods of Black Box
Model Identification applied to an energy balance model provide directly the so called «equilibrium sensitivities» with respect to three inputs: CO2; solar and volcanic activities; this is shown by Prof. de Larminat in his book «Climate Change: Identifications and projections «[77] where Identification techniques well known in industrial processes, are applied to 16 combinations of historical reconstructions of temperatures (Moberg, Loehle, Ljungqvist, Jones & Mann) and of solar activity proxies (Usoskin - Lean, Usoskin - timv, Be10 - Lean, Be10 - timv) for the last millennium, with some series going back to year
Model Identification applied to an energy balance
model provide directly the so called «equilibrium sensitivities» with respect to three inputs: CO2; solar and volcanic activities; this is shown by Prof. de Larminat in his book «Climate Change: Identifications and projections «[77] where Identification techniques well known in industrial processes, are applied to 16 combinations of historical reconstructions of temperatures (Moberg, Loehle, Ljungqvist, Jones & Mann) and of solar activity proxies (Usoskin - Lean, Usoskin - timv, Be10 - Lean, Be10 - timv) for the last millennium, with some series going back to year
model provide directly the so called «
equilibrium sensitivities»
with respect to three inputs: CO2; solar and volcanic activities; this is shown by Prof. de Larminat in his book «Climate Change: Identifications and projections «[77] where Identification techniques well known in industrial processes, are applied to 16 combinations of historical reconstructions of temperatures (Moberg, Loehle, Ljungqvist, Jones & Mann) and of solar activity proxies (Usoskin - Lean, Usoskin - timv, Be10 - Lean, Be10 - timv) for the last millennium,
with some series going back to year 843.
''... had the IPCC FAR correctly projected the changes in atmospheric GHG from 1990 to 2011, their «best estimate»
model with a 2.5 °C
equilibrium climate sensitivity would have projected the ensuing global warming very accurately»
Hence we have reconciled observations
with, I believe, the simplest possible approach without compartment
models, fudge factors and tales on assumed
equilibriums (mentioned in paragraph 3 - a) above).
This stock / (yearly absorption) analysis avoids all the pitfalls of the assumed
equilibrium between absorption and out - gassing that is postulated by all the compartment
models with constant inputs and outputs that lead to a set of linear equation and by Laplace transform to expressions like the Bern or Hamburg formulas; there is no
equilibrium because as said more CO2 implies more green plants eating more and so on; the references in note 19 show even James Hansen and Francey (figure 17 F) admits (now) that their carbon cycle is wrong!
Such an
equilibrium is postulated by all the compartment
models with constant inputs and outputs that lead to a set of linear equation and by Laplace transform to expressions like the Bern or Hamburg formulas or other half - lifetime of 40 years to 60 years; the «impulse response» supposes a linear
model (akin an electrical RLC network).
«If some are not happy
with the tag «Neoclassical Economics» then we can say that
Equilibrium modelling in economics has been falsified.»
Ian Schumacher (19:35:21): The Greenhouse Earth doesn't absorb more energy than a black body — in these
models it is in
equilibrium,
with no nett absorption at all.
We use a computable general
equilibrium model... to investigate the effect of combining a fuel economy standard
with an economy - wide GHG emissions constraint in the United States.
Another paper, [7] which they also cite, instead derives an
equilibrium air — sea surface warming differential from a theoretical
model based on an assumed relative humidity height profile,
with thermal inertia playing no role.
In general, the pattern of change in return values for 20 - year extreme temperature events from an
equilibrium simulation for doubled CO2
with a global atmospheric
model coupled to a non-dynamic slab ocean shows moderate increases over oceans and larger increases over land masses (Zwiers and Kharin, 1998; Figure 9.29).
That science suggests the
equilibrium climate sensitivity probably lies between 1.5 °C and 2.5 °C (
with an average value of 2.0 °C), while the climate
models used by the IPCC have climate sensitivities which range from 2.1 °C to 4.7 °C
with an average value of 3.2 °C.
The IPCC defines
Equilibrium climate sensitivity as the change in global mean temperature that results when the climate system, or a climate model, attains a new equilibrium with the forcing change resulting from a doubling of the atmospheric CO2 con
Equilibrium climate sensitivity as the change in global mean temperature that results when the climate system, or a climate
model, attains a new
equilibrium with the forcing change resulting from a doubling of the atmospheric CO2 con
equilibrium with the forcing change resulting from a doubling of the atmospheric CO2 concentration.
Currently available proxy data are equivocal concerning a possible increase in the intensity of the meridional overturning cell for either transient or
equilibrium climate states during the Pliocene, although an increase would contrast
with the North Atlantic transient deep - water production decreases that are found in most coupled
model simulations for the 21st century (see Chapter 10).
For the IPCC experiments then the
models are run
with fixed 1860 conditions for a spin - up (ideally until they reach a steady
equilibrium).
They conclude, based on study of CMIP5
model output, that
equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) is not a fixed quantity — as temperatures increase, the response is nonlinear,
with a smaller effective ECS in the first decades of the experiments, increasing over time.
Through the use of a Venus climate
model that couples atmospheric radiative - convective
equilibrium with surface processes, we show that it is likely that Venus» climate is at or near a state of unstable
equilibrium.
If there is good reason to suppose that the paradigm is failing or about to fail, as there is
with the current climate paradigm based on GCM
models and a perturbed
equilibrium model of response to changes in pCO2 or other greenhouse gases, then it becomes incumbent on corporate management to assure that plausible alternatives are investigated to the best of their judgment and ability, including financial.
The TCR of a
model is determined by what appears to be a rather arbitrary calculation Starting
with the climate in
equilibrium, increase CO2 at 1 % per year until doubling (about 70 years).