Something about climate models Philip Mote JISAO/SMA Climate Impacts Group (home of Academy award winner Ed Miles)
Outline zVery brief primer: Global climate change zClimate models zSocioeconomic scenarios zProjections for the Northwest
Carbon dioxide: up 32%
Global average temperature degrees Celsius
The earth is warming -- abruptly
A whole bunch of climate models
Fluid on a sphere - spherical basis functions
1 BMRC 2 CCC 3 CCSR 4 CSIRO 5 ECHAM3 6 ECHAM4 7 GFDL 8 HadCM2 9 IAP 10 MRI 11 CERFACS 12 PCM 13 GISS 14 HadCM3 15 LMD 16 CSM
Natural Climate InfluenceHuman Climate Influence All Climate Influences
Outline zVery brief primer: Global climate change zClimate models zSocioeconomic scenarios zProjections for the Northwest
IPCC scenarios: radiative forcing (CO 2 only) W/m 2
IPCC scenarios: radiative forcing (GHGs + aerosols) W/m 2
21 st century temperature change IPCC (
Temperature change, minus
A range of climate change scenarios Estimated climate change from 20 th c. to 2040s using 8 climate model scenarios.
Conclusions zClimate models are useful for large-scale future climate changes, with proper caveats zProjections for the Northwest: 0.5°C/decade