CSIRO climate change output / Kevin J. Hennessy
- Bib ID:
- 1870914
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hennessy, Kevin J
- Description:
-
- Melbourne : CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, 1998
- 25 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0643063404
- Series:
- CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research technical paper ; no. 37.
- Summary:
-
The CSIRO Climate Change Research Program is Australia's largest and most comprehensive program investigating the greenhouse effect and global climate change. This document lists the output from CSIRO climate models that have been used to conduct enhanced greenhouse experiments. Two global climate models (GCMs) and a regional climate model (RCM) are described Three CSIRO enhanced greenhouse experiments were undertaken. Provision of output from these experiments is intended to give other scientists an internally consistent set of detailed climatic variables for use in sensitivity studies. The first experiment was performed in 1994 with the CSIRO Mark 2 slab GCM, where enhanced greenhouse conditions were represented by an instantaneous doubling of CO2 Output from this experiment was fed into the second experiment in 1995 which involved running a high resolution RCM over Australasia to produce more detailed information The third experiment was performed in 1996 with the CSIRO coupled GCM which was driven by a gradually increasing CO2 concentration scenario for 185 years. A wide range of climatic variables was saved from each experiment at various time intervals and at various vertical levels. Broad groupings of the variables include temperature, precipitation, wind, pressure, cloud, evaporation, radiation, humidity, soil moisture, runoff, snow, sea-ice, mixing ratio, and heat flux. Many options exist for adding value to output saved from these experiments, through manipulating data to suit specific needs The PC-based software package called OzClim enables regional scenarios of climate change to be generated for the whole or selected parts of Australia at various spatial resolutions, for any date between 1990 and 2100, where the user can select from a range of greenhouse gas emission scenarios, global climate sensitivity assumptions, and GCM or RCM patterns of climate change A detailed list of output from each experiment is supplied and steps required for obtaining output from CSIRO are explained.mpounds --
- Notes:
-
- Bibliography.
- Also available via the World Wide Web at: http://www.dar.csiro.au/publications/hennessy_1998a.html
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- CSIRO. Division of Atmospheric Research
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2048 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1998
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Simulatie : een moderne methode van onderzoek / S.K.T. Boersma, T. Hoenderkamp
- Implementing system simulation of C³ systems using autonomous objects [microform] / by Ralph V. Rogers
- CYBER 200 applications seminar [microform] : proceedings of a seminar sponsored by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Control Data Corporation and held in Lanham, Maryland, October 10-12, 1983 / J. Patrick Gary, compiler
- A Computer simulation modeling approach to estimating utility in several Air Force specialities [microform] / Brice M. Stone ... [et al.]
- System Concept of Operations Evaluator (SCOPE) [microform] : final technical report / Terry R. Raymond