Questions of bias in climate models

Journal Article · Wed Aug 27 04:00:00 EDT 2014 · Nature Climate Change, 4:741-742

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2345· OSTI ID:1170094

Smith, Steven J.; Wigley, Tom M.; Meinshausen, Malte; Rogelj, Joeri

The recent work by Shindell usefully contributes to the debate over estimating climate sensitivity by highlighting an important aspect of the climate system: that climate forcings that occur over land result in a more rapid temperature response than forcings that are distributed more uniformly over the globe. While, as noted in this work, simple climate models may be biased by assuming the same temperature response for all forcing agents, the implication that the MAGICC model is biased in this way is not correct.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1170094
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-101590; 400408000
• Journal Information: Nature Climate Change, 4:741-742, Journal Name: Nature Climate Change, 4:741-742
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English