Numerical Modeling of the Global Atmosphere in the Climate System

. Ed(s): Mote, Philip W.; O'Neill, Alan

ISBN 10: 0792363019 / ISBN 13: 9780792363019

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, on Numerical Modeling of the Global Atmosphere, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy, May 25-June 5, 1998 Editor(s): Mote, Philip W.; O'Neill, Alan. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 517 pages, 79 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 917. . 2000. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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• Title: Numerical Modeling of the Global Atmosphere in the Climate System
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792363019
• ISBN 13: 9780792363019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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21. Simulating Future Climate G. J. Boer 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 2 International Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . 490 3 Simulating Historical and Future Climate 492 4 Climate Change in the 20th Century . . . 495 5 Simulating Future Climate Change 498 6 Climate Impact, Adaptation, and Mitigation 501 7 Summary . 502 Index 505 PREFACE Numerical modeling ofthe global atmosphere has entered a new era. Whereas atmospheric modeling was once the domain ofa few research units at universities or government laboratories, it can now be performed almost anywhere thanks to the affordability of computing power. Atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs) are being used by a rapidly growing scientific community in a wide range of applications. With widespread interest in anthropogenic climate change, GCMs have a role also in informing policy discussions. Many of the scientists using GCMs have backgrounds in fields other than atmospheric sciences and may be unaware of how GCMs are constructed. Recognizing this explosion in the application of GCMs, we organized a two­ week course in order to give young scientists who are relatively new to the field of atmospheric modeling a thorough grounding in the basic principles on which GCMs are constructed, an insight into their strengths and weaknesses, and guid­ ance on how meaningful numerical experiments are formulated and analyzed. Sponsored by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and other institu­ tions, this Advanced Study Institute (ASI) took place May 25-June 5, 1998, at II Ciocco, a remote hotel on a Tuscan hillside in Italy.