Sentences with phrase «major uncertainty in any climate model»

It's a well - known fact that clouds are the major uncertainty in any climate model.

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«Reducing the wide range of uncertainty inherent in current model predictions of global climate change will require major advances in understanding and modeling of both (1) the factors that determine atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols, and (2) the so - called «feedbacks» that determine the sensitivity of the climate system to a prescribed increase in greenhouse gases.»

The ENA is providing a rare, long - term data set about the response of these low clouds to changes in atmospheric greenhouse gases and aerosols — a major source of uncertainty in global and regional climate models.

Limited understanding of clouds is the major source of uncertainty in climate sensitivity, but it also contributes substantially to persistent biases in modelled circulation systems.

Uncertainties in the effects of cloud are the joker in the pack Equally erroneous and unfounded assumptions fed into climate models are a major cause of the current problem.