CAS ES 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: General Circulation Model, Ocean Current, Sensitivity And Specificity
1 Mar 2019
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Zero dimensional climate model: calculation with no visual parameter (stefan boltzman) One dimensional atmospheric model: gives you an average temp for planet, but also the ability to predict how the temp varies as a function of altitude. ~is also considered a radiative-convective model (vertical motions of air, absorption of radiation, remissions of longwave radiation) ~equations involved are the conservation of mass, energy, and momentum. Two dimensional climate model: two dimensional grid of boxes representing altitude and latitude. Three dimensional general circulation model: model climate via circulation of a realistic simulation of earth"s atmosphere. ~we only need to do this for one pie slice of the earth. ~this does not include longitude (spatial variations on surfaces) ~calculations involve solving for transfer of mass and energy between each grid box and its immediate neighbors.
