## Abstract Global climate models simulate the Earth's climate impressively at scales of continents and greater. At these scales, largeβscale dynamics and physics largely define the climate. At spatial scales relevant to policy makers, and to impacts and adaptation, many other processes may affect
Sensitivity and stability of global climate models
β Scribed by C. Sawyer
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-1035
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