An Integrated Assessment Framework for Uncertainty Studies in Global and Regional Climate Change: The IGSM-CAM
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2012
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| author | Monier, Erwan Scott, Jeffery R. Sokolov, Andrei P. Forest, Chris E. Schlosser, C. Adam |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/711692019-04-12T21:01:07Z An Integrated Assessment Framework for Uncertainty Studies in Global and Regional Climate Change: The IGSM-CAM Monier, Erwan Scott, Jeffery R. Sokolov, Andrei P. Forest, Chris E. Schlosser, C. Adam http://globalchange.mit.edu/research/publications This paper describes an integrated assessment framework for uncertainty studies in global and regional climate change. In this framework, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Integrated Global System Model (IGSM), an integrated assessment model that couples an earth system model of intermediate complexity to a human activity model, is linked to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Atmosphere Model (CAM). Since the IGSM-CAM incorporates a human activity model, it is possible to analyze uncertainties in emissions resulting from uncertainties intrinsic to the economic model, from parametric uncertainty to uncertainty in future climate policies. Another major feature is the flexibility to vary key climate parameters controlling the climate response: climate sensitivity, net aerosol forcing and ocean heat uptake rate. Thus, the IGSM-CAM is a computationally efficient framework to explore the uncertainty in future global and regional climate change due to uncertainty in the climate response and projected emissions. This study further presents 21st century simulations based on two emissions scenarios (unconstrained scenario and stabilization scenario at 660 ppm CO2-equivalent by 2100) and three sets of climate parameters. The chosen climate parameters provide a good approximation for the median, and the 5th and 95th percentiles of the probability distribution of 21st century climate change. As such, this study presents new estimates of the 90% probability interval of regional climate change for different emissions scenarios. These results underscore the large uncertainty in regional climate change resulting from uncertainty in climate parameters and emissions, and the statistical uncertainty due to natural variability. The Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is funded by a number of federal agencies and a consortium of 40 industrial and foundation sponsors. (For the complete list see http://globalchange.mit.edu/sponsors/current.html). 2012-06-18T17:29:21Z 2012-06-18T17:29:21Z 2012-06-18 Technical Report http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71169 Report no. 223 en_US Joint Program Report Series;223 An error occurred on the license name. An error occurred getting the license - uri. application/pdf MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change |
| spellingShingle | Monier, Erwan Scott, Jeffery R. Sokolov, Andrei P. Forest, Chris E. Schlosser, C. Adam An Integrated Assessment Framework for Uncertainty Studies in Global and Regional Climate Change: The IGSM-CAM |
| title | An Integrated Assessment Framework for Uncertainty Studies in Global and Regional Climate Change: The IGSM-CAM |
| title_full | An Integrated Assessment Framework for Uncertainty Studies in Global and Regional Climate Change: The IGSM-CAM |
| title_fullStr | An Integrated Assessment Framework for Uncertainty Studies in Global and Regional Climate Change: The IGSM-CAM |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Integrated Assessment Framework for Uncertainty Studies in Global and Regional Climate Change: The IGSM-CAM |
| title_short | An Integrated Assessment Framework for Uncertainty Studies in Global and Regional Climate Change: The IGSM-CAM |
| title_sort | integrated assessment framework for uncertainty studies in global and regional climate change the igsm cam |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71169 |
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