Open AccessSensitivity experiments with a seasonal energy balance climate model
Author(s) -
K. Bhattacharya
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v36i4.2013
Subject(s) - energy balance , environmental science , climatology , atmospheric sciences , climate change , sensitivity (control systems) , dominance (genetics) , climate sensitivity , seasonality , solar constant , meteorology , climate model , geography , mathematics , solar irradiance , geology , oceanography , statistics , ecology , chemistry , biochemistry , electronic engineering , gene , engineering , biology
A study of the sensitivity of the terrestrial climate with respect to change in solar for preparing constant is performed using a seasonal, two layer energy-balance model. The latitudinal and seasonal distributions of sensitivity are found to be in general agreement with results of previous investigations. In particular, Robock's (1983) recent hypothesis of the dominance of the sea ice-thermal inertia feed-back in determining the seasonal sensitivities is confirmed.