Enhanced research program on the long-range climatic effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide: A continuation

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5772296

Washington, W M; Meehl, G A

During the last decade at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), we have been investigating the role of the oceans in the carbon-dioxide (CO{sub 2}) climate problem through a series of climate-impact experiments. These experiments involve a simple, energy-balance ocean (referred to in the literature as a swamp'' ocean), a simple mixed-layer ocean, and a dynamical ocean. Our approach has been systematic in that we can identify CO{sub 2} climatic effects in each ocean model as a function of the inherent limitations and strengths of each ocean formulation. A brief summary of our findings is given in section 2. 15 refs.

• Research Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; NSF; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-79EV10220
• OSTI ID: 5772296
• Report Number(s): DOE/EV/10220-T5; ON: DE91013883
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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