Addressing partial identification in climate modeling and policy analysis

CF Manski, AH Sanstad… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Numerical simulations of the global climate system provide inputs to integrated assessment
modeling for estimating the impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation and other policies to …

Uncertainty quantification using multiple models—Prospects and challenges

R Knutti, C Baumberger, G Hirsch Hadorn - Computer simulation validation …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Model evaluation for long-term climate predictions must be done on quantities other
than the actual prediction, and a comprehensive uncertainty quantification is impossible. An …

The value of initial condition large ensembles to robust adaptation decision‐making

JS Mankin, F Lehner, S Coats, KA McKinnon - Earth's Future, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The origins of uncertainty in climate projections have major consequences for the scientific
and policy decisions made in response to climate change. Internal climate variability, for …

Taking climate model evaluation to the next level

V Eyring, PM Cox, GM Flato, PJ Gleckler… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Earth system models are complex and represent a large number of processes, resulting in a
persistent spread across climate projections for a given future scenario. Owing to different …

Integrated assessment models of global climate change

EA Parson, K Fisher-Vanden - Annual Review of Energy and the …, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract We review recent work in the integrated assessment modeling of global climate
change. This field has grown rapidly since 1990. Integrated assessment models seek to …

Detecting failure of climate predictions

MC Runge, JC Stroeve, AP Barrett… - Nature Climate …, 2016 - nature.com
The practical consequences of climate change challenge society to formulate responses that
are more suited to achieving long-term objectives, even if those responses have to be made …

Towards Bayesian hierarchical inference of equilibrium climate sensitivity from a combination of CMIP5 climate models and observational data

A Jonko, NM Urban, B Nadiga - Climatic Change, 2018 - Springer
Despite decades of research, large multi-model uncertainty remains about the Earth's
equilibrium climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide forcing as inferred from state-of-the-art Earth …

Parameterizations: representing key processes in climate models without resolving them

N McFarlane - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A basic requirement of climate models is to account for the effects of processes that cannot
be represented in spatial or temporal detail because of limitations imposed by resolution or …

Managing climate change under uncertainty: Recursive integrated assessment at an inflection point

D Lemoine, I Rudik - Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Uncertainty is critical to questions about climate change policy. Recently developed
recursive integrated assessment models have become the primary tools for studying and …

Uncertainty analysis in multi‐sector systems: Considerations for risk analysis, projection, and planning for complex systems

V Srikrishnan, DC Lafferty, TE Wong… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Simulation models of multi‐sector systems are increasingly used to understand societal
resilience to climate and economic shocks and change. However, multi‐sector systems are …