Open AccessOn the design of practicable numerical experiments to investigate stratospheric temperature change
Author(s) -
Hare Sylvia H. E.,
Gray L. J.,
Lahoz W. A.,
O'Neill A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1002/asl.101
Subject(s) - gcm transcription factors , environmental science , meteorology , ozone , ozone layer , atmospheric sciences , atmospheric chemistry , climatology , computer science , climate change , general circulation model , physics , geology , oceanography
Forty‐year, time‐varying GCM integrations have been run both with and without coupled chemistry. The results suggest that while computer resources preclude multi‐member ensemble experiments with coupled chemistry models to achieve statistical significance, robust results can be achieved for some atmospheric parameters by running ensemble experiments with imposed ozone changes. Copyright © 2005 Royal Meteorological Society