SURFER v1.0: A flexible and simple model linking emissions to sea level rise
We present SURFER, a novel reduced model for estimating the impact of CO 2 emissions and solar radiation modification options on sea level rise and ocean acidification over timescales of several thousands of years. SURFER has been designed for the analysis of CO 2 emission and solar radiation modifi...
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| Language: | English |
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2022
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-135 https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2022/egusphere-2022-135/ |
| Summary: | We present SURFER, a novel reduced model for estimating the impact of CO 2 emissions and solar radiation modification options on sea level rise and ocean acidification over timescales of several thousands of years. SURFER has been designed for the analysis of CO 2 emission and solar radiation modification policies, for supporting the computation of optimal (CO 2 emission and solar radiation modification) policies and for the study of commitment and responsibility under uncertainty. The model is based on a combination of conservation laws for the masses of atmospheric and oceanic carbon and for the oceanic temperature anomalies, and of ad-hoc parameterisations for the different sea level rise contributors: ice sheets, glaciers and ocean thermal expansion. It consists of 9 loosely coupled ordinary differential equations, is understandable, fast and easy to modify and calibrate. It reproduces the results of more sophisticated, high-dimensional earth system models on timescales up to millennia. |
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