Climate models

Individual climate models may not provide the complete picture

According to a team of climatologists, equilibrium climate sensitivity – the sensitivity of Earth’s climate to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide – may be underestimated in individual climate models. “Probabilistic estimates of climate system properties often rely on comparing the model simulation with observed temperature records and an estimate of internal climate variability,” the researchers […]

Climate models

Individual climate models may not provide the complete picture

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania — Equilibrium climate sensitivity — the sensitivity of Earth’s climate to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide — may be underestimated in individual climate models, according to a team of climatologists. “Probabilistic estimates of climate system properties often rely on comparing the model simulation with observed temperature records and an estimate of internal […]