9780309259774: National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling

Synopsis

A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling emphasizes the need for climate models to evolve substantially in order to deliver climate projections at the scale and level of detail desired by decision makers. Despite much recent progress in developing reliable climate models, there are still efficiencies to be gained across the large and diverse U.S. climate modeling community. Evolving to a more unified climate modeling enterprise in particular by developing a common software infrastructure shared by all climate researchers and holding an annual climate modeling forum could help speed progress. Throughout this report, several recommendations and guidelines are outlined to accelerate progress in climate modeling. The U.S. supports several climate models, each conceptually similar but with components assembled with slightly different software and data output standards. If all U.S. climate models employed a single software system, it could simplify testing and migration to new computing hardware, and allow scientists to compare and interchange climate model components, such as land surface or ocean models. A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling recommends an annual United States climate modeling forum be held to help bring the nation s diverse modeling communities together with the users of climate data. This would provide climate model data users with an opportunity to learn more about the strengths and limitations of models and provide input to modelers on their needs.

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A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling emphasizes the need for climate models to evolve substantially in order to deliver climate projections at the scale and level of detail desired by decision makers. Despite much recent progress in developing reliable climate models, there are still efficiencies to be gained across the large and diverse U.S. climate modeling community. Evolving to a more unified climate modeling enterprise in particular by developing a common software infrastructure shared by all climate researchers and holding an annual climate modeling forum could help speed progress. Throughout this report, several recommendations and guidelines are outlined to accelerate progress in climate modeling. The U.S. supports several climate models, each conceptually similar but with components assembled with slightly different software and data output standards. If all U.S. climate models employed a single software system, it could simplify testing and migration to new computing hardware, and allow scientists to compare and interchange climate model components, such as land surface or ocean models. A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling recommends an annual United States climate modeling forum be held to help bring the nation s diverse modeling communities together with the users of climate data. This would provide climate model data users with an opportunity to learn more about the strengths and limitations of models and provide input to modelers on their needs.

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9780309264624: A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling

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ISBN 10 :  0309264626 ISBN 13 :  9780309264624
Editeur : National Academies Press, 2012
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