The utility of Earth system Models of Intermediate Complexity (EMICs)
Abstract Intermediate‐complexity models are models which describe the dynamics of the atmosphere and/or ocean in less detail than conventional General Circulation Models (GCMs). At the same time, they go beyond the approach taken by atmospheric Energy Balance Models (EBMs) or ocean box models by usi...
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crwiley:10.1002/wcc.24 2024-09-09T20:07:45+00:00 The utility of Earth system Models of Intermediate Complexity (EMICs) Weber, Susanne L. 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcc.24 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fwcc.24 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wcc.24 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/wcc.24 https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wcc.24 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor WIREs Climate Change volume 1, issue 2, page 243-252 ISSN 1757-7780 1757-7799 journal-article 2010 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.24 2024-08-20T04:13:12Z Abstract Intermediate‐complexity models are models which describe the dynamics of the atmosphere and/or ocean in less detail than conventional General Circulation Models (GCMs). At the same time, they go beyond the approach taken by atmospheric Energy Balance Models (EBMs) or ocean box models by using sophisticated parameterizations of the unresolved flow or by explicitly resolving the equations of geophysical fluid dynamics albeit at coarse spatial resolution. Being computationally fast, intermediate‐complexity models have the capability to treat slow climate variations. Hence, they often include components of the climate system that are associated with long‐term feedbacks like ice sheets, vegetation and biogeochemical cycles. Here again they differ from conventional GCM‐type models that feature only atmosphere and ocean/sea‐ice components. Many different approaches exist in building such a reduced model, resulting in a ‘spectrum of Earth system Models of Intermediate Complexity closing the gap between EBMs and GCMs’. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This article is categorized under: Climate Models and Modeling > Earth System Models Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice Wiley Online Library WIREs Climate Change 1 2 243 252 |
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Abstract Intermediate‐complexity models are models which describe the dynamics of the atmosphere and/or ocean in less detail than conventional General Circulation Models (GCMs). At the same time, they go beyond the approach taken by atmospheric Energy Balance Models (EBMs) or ocean box models by using sophisticated parameterizations of the unresolved flow or by explicitly resolving the equations of geophysical fluid dynamics albeit at coarse spatial resolution. Being computationally fast, intermediate‐complexity models have the capability to treat slow climate variations. Hence, they often include components of the climate system that are associated with long‐term feedbacks like ice sheets, vegetation and biogeochemical cycles. Here again they differ from conventional GCM‐type models that feature only atmosphere and ocean/sea‐ice components. Many different approaches exist in building such a reduced model, resulting in a ‘spectrum of Earth system Models of Intermediate Complexity closing the gap between EBMs and GCMs’. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This article is categorized under: Climate Models and Modeling > Earth System Models |
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