There are many variables or questions that must be considered or answered when establishing a valid VCPR, such as: Is your client a small animal owner; does the owner have a
stocker / feeder cattle
operation; or does the owner have a horse or horses for commercial reasons or for recreational use.
Currently, there are several EMICs in
operation such as: two - dimensional, zonally averaged ocean models coupled to a simple atmospheric module (e.g.,
Stocker et al., 1992; Marchal et al., 1998) or geostrophic two - dimensional (e.g., Gallee et al., 1991) or statistical - dynamical (e.g., Petoukhov et al., 2000) atmospheric modules; three - dimensional models with a statistical - dynamical atmospheric and oceanic modules (Petoukhov et al., 1998; Handorf et al., 1999); reduced - form comprehensive models (e.g., Opsteegh et al., 1998) and those that involve an energy - moisture balance model coupled to an OGCM and a sea - ice model (e.g., Fanning and Weaver, 1996).