Uncertainty in the oceanic heat and carbon uptake and their impact on climate projections
Includes bibliographical references (p. 5).
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MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
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| Online Access: | http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/abstracts.html#a23 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3625 |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 5). |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/36252019-04-12T08:10:00Z Uncertainty in the oceanic heat and carbon uptake and their impact on climate projections Sokolov, Andrei P. Wang, Chien. Holian, Gary L. Stone, Peter H. Prinn, Ronald G. QC981.8.C5 M58 no.23 Includes bibliographical references (p. 5). Abstract in HTML and technical report in HTML and PDF available on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change website (http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/) The impact of uncertainty in the rate of heat and carbon uptake by the deep ocean on climate response to increases in greenhouse gas concentrations is studied by means of numerical simulations with the two-dimensional climate-chemistry model developed in the framework of the MIT Global Change Joint Program. This model incorporates parameterizations of most physical processes, includes fully interactive atmospheric chemistry and calculates carbon uptake by the ocean and, therefore, simulates the main nonlinear interactions taking place in the climate system. At the same time, it is much more computationally efficient than coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation models. Results of the simulations with calculated CO2 concentrations are compared with those of simulations with a prescribed CO2 increase. This comparison shows that the uncertainty in the increase in global mean surface temperature due to uncertainty in the rate of oceanic heat uptake is enhanced by taking into account the related uncertainty in oceanic carbon uptake, while the uncertainty in sea level rise is decreased. 2003-10-24T14:57:31Z 2003-10-24T14:57:31Z 1997-09 no. 23 http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/abstracts.html#a23 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3625 eng Report no. 22 8 p. 31262 bytes application/pdf application/pdf MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change |
| spellingShingle | QC981.8.C5 M58 no.23 Uncertainty in the oceanic heat and carbon uptake and their impact on climate projections |
| title | Uncertainty in the oceanic heat and carbon uptake and their impact on climate projections |
| title_full | Uncertainty in the oceanic heat and carbon uptake and their impact on climate projections |
| title_fullStr | Uncertainty in the oceanic heat and carbon uptake and their impact on climate projections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Uncertainty in the oceanic heat and carbon uptake and their impact on climate projections |
| title_short | Uncertainty in the oceanic heat and carbon uptake and their impact on climate projections |
| title_sort | uncertainty in the oceanic heat and carbon uptake and their impact on climate projections |
| topic | QC981.8.C5 M58 no.23 |
| url | http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/abstracts.html#a23 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3625 |