Evaluation of the AR4 Climate Models' Simulated Daily Maximum Temperature,...

Journal of Climate;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The coupled climate models used in the Fourth Assessment...three variables, the coupled climate models perform better than expected...Averaged over Australia, 3 of the 14 climate models capture more than 80% of the...

Testing Climate Models Using Thermal Infrared Spectra

Journal of Climate;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT An approach to test climate models with observations is presented. In...simulated from the output of an ensemble of climate models. Estimates of the water vapor-longwave...possible to place a strong constraint on climate models, which currently show a range of 30...

THE SCIENCE ISN'T SETTLED: THE LIMITATIONS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS

Review - Institute of Public Affairs;  December 1, 2004 ;     161 words ......N'T SETTLED: THE LIMITATIONS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS by Kenneth Green, Tim Ball, Steven...should respond to climate change. Global climate models (GCMs)-also called general circulation...catastrophic warming, and have argued that climate models have many limitations that make them...

CLIMATE MODELS MIRROR OBSERVED OCEAN TEMPERATURES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 13, 2007 ;     600 words ......Laboratory issued the following newsletter: Climate models are reliable tools that help researchers...Oceanography, had earlier established that climate models can replicate the ocean warming observed...Livermore scientists demonstrates that climate models represent this variability ...

CLIMATE MODELS CONSISTENT WITH OCEAN WARMING OBSERVATIONS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 18, 2007 ;     618 words ......issued the following press release: Climate models are reliable tools that help researchers...Oceanography, had earlier established that climate models can replicate the ocean warming observed...Livermore scientists demonstrates that climate models represent this variability much ...

Twentieth-Century Surface Air Temperature over China and the Globe...

Journal of Climate;  November 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......twentieth century simulated by 19 coupled climate models driven by historical natural and anthropogenic...anthropogenic forcings in the coupled climate models mainly produce the warming trends and...the current state-of-the-art coupled climate models in simulating spatial patterns of ...

CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE PROGRAM ISSUES REPORT ON CLIMATE MODELS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ......announced the release of the report ?Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations...simulate current climate change. ?Complex climate models are tools that provide insights and...included in present state-of-the-art climate models? How uncertain are climate model ...

How Well Do Coupled Models Simulate Today's Climate?

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......denotes formulae omitted.) Coupled climate models are sophisticated tools designed to...dozen centers around the world develop climate models to enhance our understanding of climate...on Climate Change (IPCC). However, climate models are not perfect. Our theoretical understanding...

New research may bring about better climate models for global warming

The Hindustan Times;  December 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......helpful in the development of better climate models for global warming. One hundred fifty...system and improve our global computer climate models, which would lead to more confidence...ways to improve the performance of our climate models," said Mechoso. Mechoso's own research...

Arctic Climate Models Playing Key Role in Polar Bear Decision.

AScribe Science News Service;  March 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ......anticipated habitat loss in a warming Arctic. Climate models - mathematical representations of the...Wisconsin-Madison, evaluated existing climate models to identify those that best represent...scientific guidance requested by the FWS. Climate models strive to represent the physical ...

Radiance covariance and climate models

Journal of Climate;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......resolved spectral radiances can place upon climate models. 1. Introduction The need for a comprehensive...in order to test the predictions of climate models is often remarked upon in the scientific...so that the constraints imposed upon climate models by radiance data are in a form ...

IIT Delhi scientist finds climate models consistent with ocean warming...

The Hindustan Times;  June 19, 2007 ;     338 words ......brought to you by the Hindustan Times Washington, June 19 -- Climate models represent variability in ocean heat content on interannual-to-dec...Intercomparison (PCMDI), and now at IIT, Delhi, used 13 numerical climate models to find the apparent discrepancies between modelled and...

CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE PROGRAM TO ISSUE REPORT ON CLIMATE MODELS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 30, 2008 ;     242 words ......call on the release of a report on climate models. The report describes computer models...Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.1 ?Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations...Climate Change Science Program Report on Climate Models WHEN: Thursday, July 31, 200812:00...

GFDL's CM2 Global Coupled Climate Models. Part IV: Idealized Climate...

Journal of Climate;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......versions of the global coupled GFDL climate models, CM2 does not use flux adjustments...of the responses documented for the climate models used in the 2001 Intergovernmental...the newly developed global coupled climate models (CM2) to idealized radiative forcing...

The Adjustment of the Coupled Climate Model HadGEM1 toward Equilibrium and...

Journal of Climate;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Coupled climate models generally have a small residual...adjustment time scales for coupled climate models can be in excess of 350 yr. The...of the adjustment time scale of climate models need to be considered when planning...