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4 - How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2017

Robert L. Wilby
Affiliation:
Loughborough University
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Climate Change in Practice
Topics for Discussion with Group Exercises
, pp. 52 - 66
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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4.4 Further Reading

Cowtan, K., Hausfather, Z., Hawkins, E., et al. 2015. Robust comparison of climate models with observations using blended land air and ocean sea surface temperatures. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 65266534.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lutz, A.F., Immerzeel, W.W., Gobiet, A., Pellicciotti, F. and Bierkens, M.F.P. 2013. Comparison of climate change signals in CMIP3 and CMIP5 multi-model ensembles and implications for Central Asian glaciers. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, 36613677.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Orlowsky, B. and Seneviratne, S.I. 2013. Elusive drought: uncertainty in observed trends and short- and long-term CMIP5 projections. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, 17651781.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

4.5 Other Resources

Comparing CMIP5 and observations www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/comparing-cmip5-observations/ [accessed 06/07/16]

Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/

KNMI Climate Explorer http://climexp.knmi.nl/plot_atlas_form.py

Taylor diagrams (tools for comparing climate models with observations) https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data-tools-and-analysis/taylor-diagrams

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