Author : Herve LeTreut
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642610536
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)
Book Synopsis Climate Sensitivity to Radiative Perturbations by : Herve LeTreut
Download or read book Climate Sensitivity to Radiative Perturbations written by Herve LeTreut and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current climate models diverge in their assessment of global warming that will result from the anthropogenic increase in trace gases. This is because they differ in their representation of the hydrological cycle (water vapour, clouds, snow and sea ice, soil moisture) and because a direct validation in terms of sensitivity is not possible. Indirect methods and approaches are therefore necessary to verify the models efficiently. The book provides an overview on different validation approaches. The use of satellite data is particularly stressed.