The only systematic evaluation of carbon models that were interactively coupled to climate models occurred as
part of the Coupled Climate - Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (C4MIP), where Friedlingstein et al. (2006) compared the ability of a suite of models to simulate historical atmospheric CO2 concentration forced by observed emissions.
Not exact matches
So with the drama
of negotiations behind us, here are a
couple other
parts of Friday's agreement that matter for
climate and clean energy.
But the topography is just one
part of the story —
coupling that with vastly improved satellite data as well as a better understanding
of glacial processes and oceanographic and
climate conditions is «probably what we need to do in all
of these places,» Siegert says.
The researchers looked at a combination
of roughly 50
climate models from around the world that are part of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), which is part of the World Climate Research Pro
climate models from around the world that are
part of the
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), which is
part of the World
Climate Research Pro
Climate Research Programme.
Future ocean projections for the year 2100 were compiled from all available data generated by Earth Systems Models as
part of the
Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) to the Fifth Assessment Report
of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (Taylor et al., 2012) as in Mora et al. (2013).
Kim, S. - J., G.M. Flato, G.J. Boer, and N.A. McFarlane, 2002: A
coupled climate model simulation
of the Last Glacial Maximum,
Part 1: Transient multi-decadal response.
Over the past
couple of months I've been
part of a new podcast, Warm Regards, exploring
climate science and its relevance to society.
That was
part of the logic for why so many folks have been keen to make a big push on soot and other SLCPs [short - lived
climate pollutants]-- the piece that Charlie Kennel, Ram Ramanathan and I had in Foreign Affairs a
couple years ago lays out the POLITICAL logic for action in that area as well as the new science showing that SLCPs are more important than previously thought.
I've mentioned his essay a
couple of times but am overdue to draw direct attention to it, in
part because as others have adopted or bashed the term «
climate pragmatism,» Foley's own views have largely been missed.
The
part of the black line that is colored yellow indicates that the four
climate modes are synchronized during a period when the
coupling between the modes is not increasing.
Can you not see that it is one thing to attribute a cyclone to
climate change and quite another to suggest that such a strong cyclone
coupled with a strong tidal surge could be
part of a trend that is quite credible (though perhaps not 100 % established) based on scientific evidence?
Here, using fully
coupled global
climate model integrations, in addition to radiative transfer model calculations, the authors confirm the existence
of such a negative RFTOA: INST over
parts of Antarctica in response to an in - stantaneous quadrupling
of CO2.
Some processes arise through interactions with other
parts of the
climate system such as the ocean (for example as manifested through sea surface temperature anomalies), sea ice anomalies, snow cover anomalies as well as through
coupling to the circulation in the stratosphere.
Here seven GVMs are used to investigate possible responses
of global natural terrestrial vegetation to a major new set
of future
climate and atmospheric CO2 projections generated as part of the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5)(6), the primary climate modeling contribution to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change asse
climate and atmospheric CO2 projections generated as
part of the fifth phase
of the
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5)(6), the primary
climate modeling contribution to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change asse
climate modeling contribution to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change asse
Climate Change assessment.
The models don't work because a) their continuing tendency to exaggerate beyond reason indicates prejudice on the
part of those who are supplying them with data; and b) «the
climate is a
coupled, non-linear chaotic object», and, therefore, «the long - term prediction
of future
climate states is not possible» (IPCC, 2001, para. 14.2.2.2).
A more complete and accurate assessment
of the human impact on greenhouse gases requires greater understanding
of sources, processes, and
coupling between different
parts of the
climate system:
A
couple of our recent posts have looked unfavourably at the BBC's coverage
of the
climate debate, in particular the three part series, Earth: the Climat
climate debate, in particular the three
part series, Earth: the
ClimateClimate Wars.
We obtained daily projections
of temperature, soil moisture, and solar radiation from recent Earth System Models developed as
part of the
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 to the Fifth Assessment Report
of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (S1 Table).
The history, the culture, the food and wine,
coupled with a temperate
climate that's far more pleasant than in many other
parts of Europe.