Title Beyond global warming : how numerical models revealed the secrets of climate change / Syukuro Manabe and Anthony J. Broccoli

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 193 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations Contents Early studies -- One-dimensional model -- General circulation models -- Early numerical experiments -- Climate sensitivity -- Glacial-interglacial contrast -- The role of the ocean in climate change -- Cold climate and deep water formation -- Global change in water availability Summary "Climate models are some of our most powerful tools for exploring human-induced global warming. These models, derived from numerical weather prediction models, are based upon the fundamental laws of physics. Using powerful computers, they can act as virtual laboratories for studying the structure and behavior of the atmosphere-ocean-land system. As our climate models get more and more sophisticated, they allow us to not only better predict climate change, but also to learn more about the physical mechanisms involved in climate, which remain difficult to isolate without the help of computers. Starting from Svante Arrhenius, the Swedish physicist who created the first climate model of the Earth over a century ago, this book presents a history of the use of models in studies of climate change. It is written explicitly from the perspective of the authors, particularly Syukuro Manabe, one of the forefathers of modern climate modelling. Although not a memoir, Beyond Global Warming will describe his (and, to a degree, Anthony Broccoli's) intellectual relationship to the development of the field at key points over the last half-century. The book begins with the basics of atmospheric circulation and the scientific antecedents of climate modelling. The authors then overview important historical advances, such as the first general circulation models, and the insights into climate physics they gave us. This includes the role of the oceans in climate change. In addressing climate modelling as a rich and consistently developing field, the book will demonstrate its power as a tool for revealing the mysteries of climate, one of the most complicated pieces of our planetary system, and its potential to teach us even more in the coming decades"-- Provided by publisher Analysis 3-D general circulation model A Very Short Introduction CO2 concentration CO2 Climate Change E. O. Hulbert GCMs GFDL models Jean-Baptiste Fourier John Tyndall Mark Maslin Norman Phillips Spencer R. Weart Svante Arrhenius The Discovery of Global Warming carbon emissions conservation general circulation models global warming greenhouse effect greenhouse gasses polar amplification radiative equilibrium radiative-connective equilibrium rising sea levels sea level rise superstorms Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebook Central, viewed on March 09, 2020) Subject Climatic changes -- Mathematical models Climatic changes -- Computer simulation Climatic changes -- Research. SCIENCE -- Global Warming & Climate Change. Climatic changes -- Computer simulation Climatic changes -- Mathematical models Climatic changes -- Research Form Electronic book Author Broccoli, Anthony J., author. LC no. 2019031622 ISBN 9780691185163 0691185166

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