We use the simplified atmosphere —
ocean model of Russell et al. [108], which solves the same fundamental equations (conservation of energy, momentum, mass and water substance, and the ideal gas law) as in more elaborate global models.
''... qualitatively consistent with the counterintuitive prediction of a global atmospheric -
ocean model of increasing sea ice around Antarctica with climate warming due to the stabilizing effects of increased snowfall on the Southern Ocean.»
Fully coupled atmosphere -
ocean model of the three - dimensional global climate.
It is the regional version of the global ice -
ocean model of Zhang and Rothrock (2003).
In a future which will increasingly be characterized by mass migration and the shifting of political borders,
the Ocean Model of Civilisation can serve as a constructive paradigm for greater global security — especially its transcultural dimension — by promoting better and more dignified treatment of human beings, tolerance of diversity and respect for differences.
The Ocean Model of civilisation encourages this kind of understanding, thereby promoting the conditions required for further transcultural awareness and exchange.
We need to move towards an educational paradigm that promotes an «
ocean model of civilisation»: a metaphor for human civilization conceived as a whole, like an ocean into which different rivers flow and add depth.
Not exact matches
On Tesla's website, he's customized his
Model X — color:
ocean blue — for a total cost
of 1.2 million yuan ($ 175,000).
However, the Facebook data was then used to generate sophisticated
models of each
of their personalities using the so - called «big five» personality traits and characteristics — openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism (known as the
OCEAN scale).
According to Nix, the success
of Cambridge Analytica's marketing is based on a combination
of three elements: behavioral science using the
OCEAN Model, Big Data analysis, and ad targeting.
With six sounds like white noise, thunder,
ocean, rain, summer night, and brook, this
model is designed to suit the needs
of multiple users.
This lamb - shaped
model includes four different sounds, including the womb, brook sounds, summer night ambiance, and the crash
of an
ocean surf.
Nearly all those comparisons aligned with the
model's output, indicating that the
model replicated many aspects
of what happened to oil and gas under the
ocean surface.
Not a real one,
of course, but rather a virtual voyager, a computer
model that plumbs the otherwise - inaccessible depths
of Earth's anoxic past (or an alien planet's present), exploring the possible chemistry
of gases in the atmosphere and
ocean that could have occurred there.
The new proposed
model could allow a better quantification
of the impacts that will likely occur under changing climate and could be considered in future
ocean resources and land use management.
«The widespread loss
of Antarctic ice shelves, driven by a warming
ocean or warming atmosphere, could spell disaster for our coastlines — and there is sound geological evidence that supports what the
models are telling us,» said Robert M. DeConto
of the University
of Massachusetts Amherst, a co-author
of the study and one
of the developers
of the ice - sheet
model used.
«This gravity map hinting at a much larger
ocean is a more favourable
model for having some sort
of life in Enceladus's interior.»
That's the upshot
of the first study to
model the future state
of the Indian
Ocean's version
of El Niño.
«Antarctica: Return
of the Weddell polynya supports Kiel climate
model: After 40 years, a large ice - free area appears again in the Southern
Ocean in mid-winter.»
A step that could improve climate
models A better understanding
of how the atmosphere and the
oceans communicate and exchange things like CO2 can also help improve climate
models and predictions
of the future.
Finally, all the climate
models assume different amounts
of energy stored on Earth that is transferred to the
ocean depths, which act as an enormous heat sink.
The team also developed a
model to simulate the impact
of volcanoes on
ocean chemistry.
Based on
modeling results by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which predicted that Pacific
Ocean temperatures would rise by 1 degree Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) over the next 50 years, a Canadian and U.S. team
of scientists examined the distributional changes
of 28 species
of fish including salmon, herring, certain species
of sharks, anchovies, sardines and more northern fish like pollock.
Models project a 0.3 - 0.4 drop in the global average
of ocean pH by 2100.
The researchers were able to test their hypothesis that stronger winds were driving the
ocean heat uptake by putting the observations
of wind behavior into climate
models.
A crucial reason why the study
of freshwater acidification has lagged until now is because determining how atmospheric carbon affects these ecosystems requires complex
modeling, and is much less clear than that occurring in
oceans, according to study author Linda Weiss, an aquatic ecologist at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany.
Taking the matter
of oceans first,
models of super-Earth geology in a study co-authored by Sasselov earlier this year found that, yes, super-Earths could be hulking Blue Planets.
Therefore Halley's traditional
model for monsoons — that the different heat capacities
of land and
ocean surfaces cause these seasonal deluges — doesn't give a full picture.
Using an earth system
modeling approach, Deutsch and scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Georgia Institute
of Technology mapped out changing oxygen levels across the world's
oceans through the end
of the 21st century.
The lab results are now being integrated into biogeochemical
models, which calculate the productivity
of the
ocean of the future and the limits
of carbon storage.
Professor Dan Lunt, from the School
of Geographical Sciences and Cabot Institute at the University
of Bristol said: «Because climate
models are based on fundamental scientific processes, they are able not only to simulate the climate
of the modern Earth, but can also be easily adapted to simulate any planet, real or imagined, so long as the underlying continental positions and heights, and
ocean depths are known.»
«Using a numerical climate
model we found that sulfate reductions over Europe between 1980 and 2005 could explain a significant fraction
of the amplified warming in the Arctic region during that period due to changes in long - range transport, atmospheric winds and
ocean currents.
Now, a new
modeling study finds a link between these winters and the decline
of sea ice in a part
of the Arctic
Ocean known as the Barents - Kara sea region, bordering Norway and Russia.
A study released last month in the Journal
of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres used three different
models to run the same SSCE scenario in which sea - salt engineering was used in the low - latitude
oceans to keep top -
of - atmosphere radiative forcing at the 2020 level for 50 years and was then abruptly turned off for 20 years.
The researchers then used the
model to investigate how slabs
of ocean crust would behave as they travel down toward the lower mantle.
But climate
models predict reductions in dissolved oxygen in all
oceans as average global air and sea temperatures rise, and this may be the main driver
of what is happening there, she says.
The plume's more southern location, Toomey said, adds fuel to his group's findings, at three different sites along the globe encircling mid-
ocean ridge (where 85 percent
of Earth's volcanic activity occurs), that Earth's internal convection doesn't always adhere to
modeling efforts and raises new questions about how
ocean plates at Earth's surface — the lithosphere — interact with the hotter, more fluid asthenosphere that sits atop the mantle.
The study conclusions are the result
of creating a detailed computer
model of chemical reactions that took place in the
ocean's sediments.
«The new data set will allow us to check if our
ocean models can correctly represent changes in the flow
of warm water under ice shelves,» he added.
The researchers found that the rainfall predicted for East Africa on a decadal scale by
models using the effects
of the El Niño Southern Oscillation and the Indian
Ocean Dipole did not account for as much
of the rainfall fluctuations as expected for the past 34 years.
Trenberth cites issues from the low - resolution
ocean model to the lack
of important
ocean - climate patterns such as the El Niño - Southern Oscillation.
Greatly improved computer
models began to suggest how such jumps could happen, for example through a change in the circulation
of ocean currents.
The paper also describes an atmosphere -
ocean modeling study
of feedback loops caused by ice sheet melting under 2 °C conditions.
One day, oceanographers hope Spray and other gliders will be able to roam the
oceans at will, providing an almost limitless supply
of data that could be used to build more sophisticated climate
models and develop better weather forecasts.
The resulting outburst
of methane produced effects similar to those predicted by current
models of global climate change: a sudden, extreme rise in temperatures, combined with acidification
of the
oceans.
GCMs are computer
models which capture physical processes governing the atmosphere and
oceans to simulate the response
of temperature, precipitation, and other meteorological variables in different scenarios.
Not only did these factors make the waves much more manageable to
model and study in the field, but also resulted in a clearer understanding
of wave dynamics that can be used to understand internal waves elsewhere in the
ocean, she said.
The
ocean's carbon cycle is a vital component
of climate
models.
«Advances in global climate
models and high quality
ocean, atmospheric and land observations are helping us push the frontiers
of snowpack prediction.»
This is according to emergency
ocean model simulations run by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and The University
of Southampton to assess the potential impact
of local
ocean circulation on the spread
of pollutants.