Climate modelling primer / Kendal McGuffie, Ann Henderson-Sellers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGuffie, K., author.

Henderson-Sellers, A., author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatology--Simulation methods.

Climatology.

Climatology--Computer programs.

Climatology--Mathematical models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 439 pages)

polychrome

Edition:

Fourth edition. / by Kendal McGuffie.

Place of Publication:

West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Climate modelling affects everyone, everywhere. Today, we all need to know whether and how climate models work; how they have evolved; and how well they are understood by those who build them, the funders who support them, the policy analysts who use them and the communicators who explain their outputs. The Climate Modelling Primer is a completely revised guide to the rules and riddles of climate modelling for those who need to know how modern models work and what they can deliver. The Climate Modelling Primer, Fourth Edition engages readers in an interactive experience: making use of internet resources via QR codes that link to talks, simulations, results and assessments. Using these, readers can: 'Speed Date' real climate models, Solve four CSI (climate simulation intrigues) mysteries in every chapter, Meet fascinating climate modellers who have shaped this science, Attempt to 'validate' many climate model simulations, Probe significant aspects of important climate modelling papers, Explore concepts with downloadable, easy-to-use climate models, Communicate climate modelling ideas, Draw and analyse feedbacks and 'wiring' diagrams. This book encompasses the history of climate modelling and its future; how climate models are used in simulations of past, future and current climates at many scales; the wide range of communication forms employed to share results from climate model simulations with different audiences; the variety of confidence and uncertainty measures associated with climate model outputs and how to interpret them; and the ways in which results from climate models affect twenty-first century policy, laws, international trade and human development. This book's audience includes all those who wish to understand twenty-first century climate modelling. Book jacket.

Contents:

Why model climate?

The evolution of climate models

Energy balance models

Intermediate complexity models

Coupled climate system models

Through the looking glass.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-430) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: McGuffie, K. Climate modelling primer.

ISBN:

9781118746844

1118746848

130641203X

9781306412032

9781118747186

1118747186

Publisher Number:

99983185541

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.