Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
4 - How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2017
Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Climate Change in PracticeTopics for Discussion with Group Exercises, pp. 52 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
References
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, 6526–6534.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, 3661–3677.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, 1765–1781.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