Assessing climate change : results from the Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment
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Assessing climate change : results from the Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment
Gordon & Breach, c1997
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
Presents the findings of an international, industry-sponsored global climate research group, the Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment (MECCA). The book focuses on the impact-orientated needs of policymakers and the private sector, and gives an overview of how climate change predictions are affected by the use of different model types including ocean, atmosphere, sea-ice and land-surface schemes. The impacts of climate change on vegetation, severe weather and agriculture productivity are assessed. An invaluable reference for researchers in climate change, this book will provide the international policy community with a range of probable climate changes that are credible in the context of today's knowledge.
Table of Contents
- 1. Origins and Establishment of the MECCA Project 2. Commentary on Climate and the Atmosphere Section 3. Commentary on Oceans and Climate Section 4. North Atlantic Model Sensitivity to Mediterranean Waters 5. Commentary Sensitivity Studies Section 6. Dependence of Model
- Climate Sensitivity
- on Convective Parameterisation 7. Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change: A Preliminary Assessment 8. MECCA Achievements and Lessons Learned 9. Comparative Energetics Analysis of Climate Models with High and Low Resolutions 10. Climate Model Simulations of Global Warming 11. Commentary on Impacts of Climate Change 12. Anthropogenic Aerosols and Climate Change: A Method for Calibrating Forcing 13. Global Climate Models and Global Vegetation Models
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