Climate models used for climate change projections are on the threshold of including much greater biological and chemical detail than previous models. Today, standard cli-mate models (referred to generically as atmosphere-ocean general circulation mod-els, or AOGCMs) include components that simulate...
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| Summary: | Climate models used for climate change projections are on the threshold of including much greater biological and chemical detail than previous models. Today, standard cli-mate models (referred to generically as atmosphere-ocean general circulation mod-els, or AOGCMs) include components that simulate the coupled atmosphere, ocean, land, and sea ice. Some modeling centers are now incorporating carbon cycle models into AOGCMs in a move toward an Earth sys-tem model (ESM) capability. Additional can-didate components to include in ESMs are aerosols, chemistry, ice sheets, and dynamic vegetation [e.g., Cox et al., 2000; Friedling- |
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