Computer modeling of the global warming effect (abstract)

Summary form only given, as follows. The state of knowledge of global warming will be presented and two aspects examined: observational evidence and a review of the state of computer modeling of climate change due to anthropogenic increases in greenhouse gases. Observational evidence, indeed, shows...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the 1993 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing S. 304
Hauptverfasser: Washington, W. M., Dietterich, T.
Format: Tagungsbericht Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY, USA ACM 01.01.1993
IEEE
Schriftenreihe:ACM Conferences
Schlagworte:
Applied computing > Physical sciences and engineering > Earth and atmospheric sciences
Atmospheric measurements
Atmospheric modeling
Computer systems organization > Architectures > Distributed architectures > Grid computing
Computer systems organization > Architectures > Parallel architectures > Multicore architectures
Computer systems organization > Architectures > Serial architectures > Superscalar architectures
Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation
Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Simulation types and techniques > Massively parallel and high-performance simulations
Global warming
Hydrologic measurements
Hydrology
Large-scale systems
Ocean temperature
Sea ice
Sea measurements
Sea surface
Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties > Software system structures > Distributed systems organizing principles > Grid computing
ISBN:0818643404, 9780818643408
ISSN:1063-9535
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Summary form only given, as follows. The state of knowledge of global warming will be presented and two aspects examined: observational evidence and a review of the state of computer modeling of climate change due to anthropogenic increases in greenhouse gases. Observational evidence, indeed, shows global warming, but it is difficult to prove that the changes are unequivocally due to the greenhouse-gas effect. Although observational measurements of global warming are subject to "correction," researchers are showing consistent patterns in their interpretation of the data. Since the 1960s, climate scientists have been making their computer models of the climate system more realistic. Models started as atmospheric models and, through the addition of oceans, surface hydrology, and sea-ice components, they then became climate-system models. Because of computer limitations and the limited understanding of the degree of interaction of the various components, present models require substantial simplification. Nevertheless, in their present state of development climate models can reproduce most of the observed large-scale features of the real system, such as wind, temperature, precipitation, ocean current, and sea-ice distribution. The use of supercomputers to advance the spatial resolution and realism of Earth-system models will also be discussed.
Bibliographie:SourceType-Scholarly Journals-2
ObjectType-Feature-2
ObjectType-Conference Paper-1
content type line 23
SourceType-Conference Papers & Proceedings-1
ObjectType-Article-3
content type line 25
ISBN:0818643404
9780818643408
ISSN:1063-9535
DOI:10.1145/169627.169739