Natural and anthropogenic climate change

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6970221· OSTI ID:6970221

Ko, M K.W.; Clough, S A; Molnar, G I; Iacono, M ^[1]; Wang, W C ^[2]

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1. Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
2. Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States) State Univ. of New York, Albany, NY (United States). Atmospheric Sciences Research Center

This report consists of two parts: (1) progress for the period 9/1/91--3/31/92 and (2) the plan for the remaining period 4/1/92--8/31/92. The project includes two tasks: atmospheric radiation and improvement of climate models to evaluate the climatic effects of radiation changes. The atmospheric radiation task includes four subtasks: (1) Intercomparison of Radiation Codes in Climate Models (ICRCCM), (2) analysis of the water vapor continuum using line-by-line calculations to develop a parameterization for use in climate models, (3) parameterization of longwave radiation and (4) climate/radiation interactions of desert aerosols. Our effort in this period is focused on the first three subtasks. The improvement of climate models to evaluate the subtasks: (1) general circulation model study and (2) 2- D model development and application.

• Research Organization: Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-86ER60485
• OSTI ID: 6970221
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60485-4; ON: DE93003150
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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