Carbon-dioxide and climate: The importance of realistic geography in estimating the transient temperature response
Results obtained from a detailed air-sea-ice climate model for an instantaneous increase in the atmospheric carbon dioxide content are used to estimate the transient surface temperature response for several time-dependent carbon dioxide increase scenarios. The inclusion of realistic variations of la...
Published in: | Science |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.217.4564.1031 http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d70001w6 |
Summary: | Results obtained from a detailed air-sea-ice climate model for an instantaneous increase in the atmospheric carbon dioxide content are used to estimate the transient surface temperature response for several time-dependent carbon dioxide increase scenarios. The inclusion of realistic variations of land fraction and ocean mixing with latitude is found to limit the applicability of steady- state simulations as approximate guides to the actual time-dependent temperature response, particularly when the regional response is considered. |
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