An overview of results from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project

C Covey, KM AchutaRao, U Cubasch, P Jones… - Global and Planetary …, 2003 - Elsevier
The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) collects output from global coupled
ocean–atmosphere general circulation models (coupled GCMs). Among other uses, such …

[PDF][PDF] Forty years of numerical climate modelling

K McGuffie… - International Journal of …, 2001 - paleodyn.uni-bremen.de
Climate modelling is now a mature discipline approaching its fortieth birthday. The need for
valid climate forecasts has been underlined by the recognition that human activities are now …

More intense, more frequent, and longer lasting heat waves in the 21st century

GA Meehl, C Tebaldi - Science, 2004 - science.org
A global coupled climate model shows that there is a distinct geographic pattern to future
changes in heat waves. Model results for areas of Europe and North America, associated …

Bias correction of monthly precipitation and temperature fields from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change AR4 models using equidistant quantile matching

H Li, J Sheffield, EF Wood - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A new quantile‐based mapping method is developed for the bias correction of monthly
global circulation model outputs. Compared to the widely used quantile‐based matching …

Quantifying progress across different CMIP phases with the ESMValTool

L Bock, A Lauer, M Schlund, M Barreiro… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
More than 40 model groups worldwide are participating in the Coupled Model
Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6), providing a new and rich source of information to …

[HTML][HTML] Climate–carbon cycle feedback analysis: results from the C4MIP model intercomparison

P Friedlingstein, P Cox, R Betts, L Bopp… - Journal of …, 2006 - journals.ametsoc.org
Climate–Carbon Cycle Feedback Analysis: Results from the C4MIP Model Intercomparison in:
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Hydrologic implications of dynamical and statistical approaches to downscaling climate model outputs

AW Wood, LR Leung, V Sridhar, DP Lettenmaier - Climatic change, 2004 - Springer
Six approaches for downscaling climate model outputs for use in hydrologic simulation were
evaluated, with particular emphasis on each method's ability to produce precipitation and …

[PDF][PDF] Climate models and their evaluation

DA Randall, RA Wood, S Bony, R Colman… - Climate change 2007 …, 2007 - pure.mpg.de
This chapter assesses the capacity of the global climate models used elsewhere in this
report for projecting future climate change. Confidence in model estimates of future climate …

Earth's energy imbalance and implications

J Hansen, M Sato, P Kharecha… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Improving observations of ocean heat content show that Earth is absorbing more energy
from the Sun than it is radiating to space as heat, even during the recent solar minimum. The …

Polar amplification of climate change in coupled models

MM Holland, CM Bitz - Climate dynamics, 2003 - Springer
Abstract The Northern Hemisphere polar amplification of climate change is documented in
models taking part in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project and in the new version of …