Constraints on model response to greenhouse gas forcing and the role of subgrid-scale processes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2384-2400

  Sanderson, Benjamin M ^a   Knutti, R ^b   Aina, T ^a   Christensen, C ^a   Faull, N ^a   Frame, D J ^a   Ingram, W J ^a,c   Piani, C ^d   Stainforth, D A ^a   Stone, D A ^a   Allen, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ANNUAL MEAN; CLIMATE MODELLING; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; ERROR METRIC; GREENHOUSE-GAS FORCING; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL RESPONSES; NEURAL NETWORK TECHNIQUES; NON-LINEAR INTERACTIONS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SEASONAL CYCLES; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SUB-GRID SCALE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TOP-OF-ATMOSPHERE; TOTAL PRECIPITATION;

GASES;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 48749133248     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI1869.1     Document Type: Article

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