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Climate Change Modeling Methodology

Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Philip J. Rasch

    1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA

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  • Features authoritative, peer-reviewed contributions on the development and use of contemporary methods in climate change science

  • Provides insight into the construction, assessment, and testing of climate models

  • Covers individual component models for the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice, and discusses their contribution to an example of climate change in monsoon systems

  • Discusses how climate change models can shed light on the changing climate of the past and on possible shifts in the future

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Climate Change Modeling Methodology, Introduction

    • Philip J. Rasch
    Pages 1-4

  3. Coupled Climate and Earth System Models

    • Peter R. Gent
    Pages 5-30

  4. Cryosphere, Modeling of

    • Cecilia M. Bitz, Shawn J. Marshall
    Pages 31-62

  5. Oceanic General Circulation Models

    • Jin-Ho Yoon, Po-Lun Ma
    Pages 63-87

  6. Weather Prediction Models

    • Julio T. Bacmeister
    Pages 89-114

  7. Atmospheric General Circulation Modeling

    • Philip J. Rasch
    Pages 115-137

  8. Earth System Model, Modeling the Land Component of

    • Guo-Yue Niu, Xubin Zeng
    Pages 139-168

  9. Integrated Assessment Modeling

    • James A. Edmonds, Katherine V. Calvin, Leon E. Clarke, Anthony C. Janetos, Son H. Kim, Marshall A. Wise et al.
    Pages 169-209

  10. Regional Climate Models

    • L. Ruby Leung
    Pages 211-233

  11. Climate Change Projections: Characterizing Uncertainty Using Climate Models

    • Ben Sanderson, Reto Knutti
    Pages 235-259

  12. Climate Predictions, Seasonal-to-Decadal

    • Lisa Goddard
    Pages 261-301

  13. Monsoon Systems, Modeling of

    • Chien Wang, William K. M. Lau
    Pages 303-329

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 331-337
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The Earth's average temperature has risen by 1.4°F over the past century, and computer models project that it will rise much more over the next hundred years, with significant impacts on weather, climate, and human society. Many climate scientists attribute these increases to the build up of greenhouse gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels and to the anthropogenic production of short-lived climate pollutants. Climate Change Modeling Methodologies: Selected Entries from the Encyclopaedia of Sustainability Science and Technology provides readers with an introduction to the tools and analysis techniques used by climate change scientists to interpret the role of these forcing agents on climate. Readers will also gain a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of these models and how to test and assess them. The contributions include a glossary of key terms and a concise definition of the subject for each topic, as well as recommendations for sources of more detailed information.

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  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA

    Philip J. Rasch

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