Model projections of CO2-induced equilibrium climate change

M. E. Schlesinger

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Abstract

The changes in the equilibrium climate induced by a doubling of the CO2 concentration have been simulated by energy-balance, radiative-convective and general circulation climate models. These models have given a surface air temperature warming of 0.2-10°C, 0.5-4.2°C and 2.8-5.2°C, respectively. The warming simulated by the general circulation models (GCMs) increases from the tropics toward the winter pole, but the regional changes show significant differences among the models. -from Author

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationClimate and Sea Level Change
Subtitle of host publicationObservations, Projections and Implications
EditorsR. A. Warrick, E. M. Barrow, T. M. L. Wigley
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages169-191
Number of pages23
ISBN (Print)9780521395168, 052139516X
StatePublished - 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Environmental Science
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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