Evaluation of climate models

G Flato, J Marotzke, B Abiodun, P Braconnot… - Climate change 2013 …, 2014 - pure.mpg.de
Climate models have continued to be developed and improved since the AR4, and many
models have been extended into Earth System models by including the representation of …

[BOOK][B] Global optimization methods in geophysical inversion

MK Sen, PL Stoffa - 2013 - books.google.com
Providing an up-to-date overview of the most popular global optimization methods used in
interpreting geophysical observations, this new edition includes a detailed description of the …

The art and science of climate model tuning

F Hourdin, T Mauritsen, A Gettelman… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
The process of parameter estimation targeting a chosen set of observations is an essential
aspect of numerical modeling. This process is usually named tuning in the climate modeling …

Earth system modeling 2.0: A blueprint for models that learn from observations and targeted high‐resolution simulations

T Schneider, S Lan, A Stuart… - Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate projections continue to be marred by large uncertainties, which originate in
processes that need to be parameterized, such as clouds, convection, and ecosystems. But …

Tuning the climate of a global model

T Mauritsen, B Stevens, E Roeckner… - Journal of advances …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
During a development stage global climate models have their properties adjusted or tuned
in various ways to best match the known state of the Earth's climate system. These desired …

Impacts of forestation and deforestation on local temperature across the globe

JA Prevedello, GR Winck, MM Weber, E Nichols… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Changing forest cover is a key driver of local climate change worldwide, as it affects both
albedo and evapotranspiration (ET). Deforestation and forestation are predicted to have …

A Bayesian, spatially-varying calibration model for the TEX86 proxy

JE Tierney, MP Tingley - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
TEX 86 is an important proxy for constraining ocean temperatures in the Earth's past.
Current calibrations, however, feature structured residuals indicative of a spatially-varying …

Climate model errors, feedbacks and forcings: a comparison of perturbed physics and multi-model ensembles

M Collins, BBB Booth, B Bhaskaran, GR Harris… - Climate Dynamics, 2011 - Springer
Ensembles of climate model simulations are required for input into probabilistic
assessments of the risk of future climate change in which uncertainties are quantified. Here …

[PDF][PDF] Good practice guidance paper on assessing and combining multi model climate projections

CW Team - IPCC Expert meeting on assessing and combining …, 2010 - ipcc.ch
Climate model simulations provide a cornerstone for climate change assessments. This
paper summarizes the discussions and conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on …

A machine learning approach to emulation and biophysical parameter estimation with the Community Land Model, version 5

K Dagon, BM Sanderson, RA Fisher… - Advances in …, 2020 - ascmo.copernicus.org
Land models are essential tools for understanding and predicting terrestrial processes and
climate–carbon feedbacks in the Earth system, but uncertainties in their future projections …