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Energy balance climate modelsAn introductory survey of the global energy balance climate models is presented with an emphasis on analytical results. A sequence of increasingly complicated models involving ice cap and radiative feedback processes are solved, and the solutions and parameter sensitivities are studied. The model parameterizations are examined critically in light of many current uncertainties. A simple seasonal model is used to study the effects of changes in orbital elements on the temperature field. A linear stability theorem and a complete nonlinear stability analysis for the models are developed. Analytical solutions are also obtained for the linearized models driven by stochastic forcing elements. In this context the relation between natural fluctuation statistics and climate sensitivity is stressed.
Document ID
19820032405
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
North, G. R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt, MD; Missouri, University, St. Louis, MO, United States)
Cahalan, R. F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt, MD; National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulde, United States)
Coakley, J. A., Jr.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
Volume: 19
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
82A15940
Distribution Limits
Public
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