Design and analysis of climate model experiments for the efficient estimation of anthropogenic signals
Presented herein is an experimental design that allows the effects of several radiative forcing factors on climate to be estimated as precisely as possible from a limited suite of atmosphere-only general circulation model (GCM) integrations. The forcings include the combined effect of observed chang...
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ftunivreading:oai:centaur.reading.ac.uk:10869 2024-09-15T18:35:37+00:00 Design and analysis of climate model experiments for the efficient estimation of anthropogenic signals Sexton, D. M. H. Grubb, H. Shine, K. P. Folland, C. K. 2003 https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/10869/ unknown American Meteorological Society Sexton, D. M. H., Grubb, H., Shine, K. P. and Folland, C. K. (2003) Design and analysis of climate model experiments for the efficient estimation of anthropogenic signals. Journal of Climate, 16 (9). pp. 1320-1336. ISSN 1520-0442 Article PeerReviewed 2003 ftunivreading 2024-06-25T14:44:29Z Presented herein is an experimental design that allows the effects of several radiative forcing factors on climate to be estimated as precisely as possible from a limited suite of atmosphere-only general circulation model (GCM) integrations. The forcings include the combined effect of observed changes in sea surface temperatures, sea ice extent, stratospheric (volcanic) aerosols, and solar output, plus the individual effects of several anthropogenic forcings. A single linear statistical model is used to estimate the forcing effects, each of which is represented by its global mean radiative forcing. The strong colinearity in time between the various anthropogenic forcings provides a technical problem that is overcome through the design of the experiment. This design uses every combination of anthropogenic forcing rather than having a few highly replicated ensembles, which is more commonly used in climate studies. Not only is this design highly efficient for a given number of integrations, but it also allows the estimation of (nonadditive) interactions between pairs of anthropogenic forcings. The simulated land surface air temperature changes since 1871 have been analyzed. The changes in natural and oceanic forcing, which itself contains some forcing from anthropogenic and natural influences, have the most influence. For the global mean, increasing greenhouse gases and the indirect aerosol effect had the largest anthropogenic effects. It was also found that an interaction between these two anthropogenic effects in the atmosphere-only GCM exists. This interaction is similar in magnitude to the individual effects of changing tropospheric and stratospheric ozone concentrations or to the direct (sulfate) aerosol effect. Various diagnostics are used to evaluate the fit of the statistical model. For the global mean, this shows that the land temperature response is proportional to the global mean radiative forcing, reinforcing the use of radiative forcing as a measure of climate change. The diagnostic tests also show ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice CentAUR: Central Archive at the University of Reading |
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Presented herein is an experimental design that allows the effects of several radiative forcing factors on climate to be estimated as precisely as possible from a limited suite of atmosphere-only general circulation model (GCM) integrations. The forcings include the combined effect of observed changes in sea surface temperatures, sea ice extent, stratospheric (volcanic) aerosols, and solar output, plus the individual effects of several anthropogenic forcings. A single linear statistical model is used to estimate the forcing effects, each of which is represented by its global mean radiative forcing. The strong colinearity in time between the various anthropogenic forcings provides a technical problem that is overcome through the design of the experiment. This design uses every combination of anthropogenic forcing rather than having a few highly replicated ensembles, which is more commonly used in climate studies. Not only is this design highly efficient for a given number of integrations, but it also allows the estimation of (nonadditive) interactions between pairs of anthropogenic forcings. The simulated land surface air temperature changes since 1871 have been analyzed. The changes in natural and oceanic forcing, which itself contains some forcing from anthropogenic and natural influences, have the most influence. For the global mean, increasing greenhouse gases and the indirect aerosol effect had the largest anthropogenic effects. It was also found that an interaction between these two anthropogenic effects in the atmosphere-only GCM exists. This interaction is similar in magnitude to the individual effects of changing tropospheric and stratospheric ozone concentrations or to the direct (sulfate) aerosol effect. Various diagnostics are used to evaluate the fit of the statistical model. For the global mean, this shows that the land temperature response is proportional to the global mean radiative forcing, reinforcing the use of radiative forcing as a measure of climate change. The diagnostic tests also show ... |
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Sexton, D. M. H. Grubb, H. Shine, K. P. Folland, C. K. Design and analysis of climate model experiments for the efficient estimation of anthropogenic signals |
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Sexton, D. M. H. Grubb, H. Shine, K. P. Folland, C. K. |
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Design and analysis of climate model experiments for the efficient estimation of anthropogenic signals |
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Design and analysis of climate model experiments for the efficient estimation of anthropogenic signals |
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Design and analysis of climate model experiments for the efficient estimation of anthropogenic signals |
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Design and analysis of climate model experiments for the efficient estimation of anthropogenic signals |
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Design and analysis of climate model experiments for the efficient estimation of anthropogenic signals |
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design and analysis of climate model experiments for the efficient estimation of anthropogenic signals |
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Sexton, D. M. H., Grubb, H., Shine, K. P. and Folland, C. K. (2003) Design and analysis of climate model experiments for the efficient estimation of anthropogenic signals. Journal of Climate, 16 (9). pp. 1320-1336. ISSN 1520-0442 |
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