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Journal Title:
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Personal Author:
Jeevanjee, N.; Hassanzadeh, P.; Hill, S.; Sheshadri, A.;
Jeevanjee, N.; Hassanzadeh, P.; Hill, S.; Sheshadri, A.; Less -
NOAA Program & Office:
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research); CICSP (Cooperative Institute for Climate Science); GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory);
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research); CICSP (Cooperative Institute for Climate Science); GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory); Less -
Description:
To understand Earth's climate, climate modelers employ a hierarchy of climate models spanning a wide spectrum of complexity and comprehensiveness. This essay, inspired by the World Climate Research Programme's recent "Model Hierarchies Workshop,'' attempts to survey and synthesize some of the current thinking on climate model hierarchies, especially as presented at the workshop. We give a few formal descriptions of the hierarchy and survey the various ways it is used to generate, test, and confirm hypotheses. We also discuss some of the pitfalls of contemporary climate modeling, and how the "elegance'' advocated for by Held (2005) has (and has not) been used to address them. We conclude with a survey of current activity in hierarchical modeling, and offer suggestions for its continued fruitful development.
Source:
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 9(4), 1760-1771.
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017ms001038
Document Type:
Journal Article;
Funding:
Grant no. NA14OAR4320106;
Rights Information:
CC BY-NC-ND
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Submitted
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