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Climate Sensitivity to Radiative Perturbations: Physical Mechanisms and Their Validation

By Gerald L. Potter , Michael Fiorino (auth.) , Hervé Le Treut (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1996
ISBN
978-3-642-64673-7, 978-3-642-61053-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-61053-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
42 MB (43660491 bytes)
Series
NATO ASI Series 34
Edition
1
Pages
331\325
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-07-23 02:10:11
Meteorology/Climatology; Atmospheric Protection/Ai

Description

Current climate models diverge in their assessment of global warming that will result from the anthropogenic increase in trace gases. This is because they differ in their representation of the hydrological cycle (water vapour, clouds, snow and sea ice, soil moisture) and because a direct validation in terms of sensitivity is not possible. Indirect methods and approaches are therefore necessary to verify the models efficiently. The book provides an overview on different validation approaches. The use of satellite data is particularly stressed.

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