Further, these machine learning based results can be used to
validate the climate models so we have confidence in the future predictions of these models.
There are examples where it is — for instance in the response to Pinatubo (for
which validated climate model predictions were made ahead of time — Hansen et al 1992)-- but this is not in general going to be true.
There are examples where it is — for instance in the response to Pinatubo (for which
validated climate model predictions were made ahead of time — Hansen et al 1992)-- but this is not in general going to be true.
«This study highlights the important role that can be played by satellite records
in validating climate model projections,» said co-author John Fasullo, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Most standards in that field have been established by NASA within the frame of Apollo and Shuttle development programs, but curiously, NASA - GISS has never applied those standard
for validating its climate models.
«For us this ice - free area is an important new data point which we can use to
validate our climate models.
Even the Lindzen and Choi paper can be useful to
validate climate models.
Scientists also use ice core temperature data to
validate climate models that predict Earth's future climate.
«It is extremely valuable for
validating climate models» simulation and understanding their origins in terms of model physics,» he said.