Context for interpreting equilibrium climate sensitivity and transient climate response from the CMIP6 Earth system models

GA Meehl, CA Senior, V Eyring, G Flato… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
For the current generation of earth system models participating in the Coupled Model
Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6), the range of equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS …

The DOE E3SM model version 2: Overview of the physical model and initial model evaluation

JC Golaz, LP Van Roekel, X Zheng… - Journal of Advances …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This work documents version two of the Department of Energy's Energy Exascale Earth
System Model (E3SM). E3SMv2 is a significant evolution from its predecessor E3SMv1 …

[HTML][HTML] Climate model projections from the scenario model intercomparison project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6

C Tebaldi, K Debeire, V Eyring, E Fischer… - Earth System …, 2021 - esd.copernicus.org
Abstract The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) defines and
coordinates the main set of future climate projections, based on concentration-driven …

Causes of higher climate sensitivity in CMIP6 models

MD Zelinka, TA Myers, DT McCoy… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Equilibrium climate sensitivity, the global surface temperature response to CO doubling, has
been persistently uncertain. Recent consensus places it likely within 1.5–4.5 K. Global …

A climate risk analysis of Earth's forests in the 21st century

WRL Anderegg, C Wu, N Acil, N Carvalhais, TAM Pugh… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Earth's forests harbor extensive biodiversity and are currently a major carbon sink. Forest
conservation and restoration can help mitigate climate change; however, climate change …

Human influence on the climate system (Chapter 3)

V Eyring, NP Gillett, KM Achuta Rao, R Barimalala… - 2021 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The AR5 concluded that human influence on the climate system is clear, evident from
increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, positive radiative forcing …

GISS‐E2. 1: Configurations and climatology

M Kelley, GA Schmidt, LS Nazarenko… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes the GISS‐E2. 1 contribution to the Coupled Model Intercomparison
Project, Phase 6 (CMIP6). This model version differs from the predecessor model (GISS‐E2) …

Framing, Context, and Methods (Chapter 1)

D Chen, M Rojas, BH Samset, K Cobb… - 2021 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Working Group I (WGI) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assesses
the current evidence on the physical science of climate change, evaluating knowledge …

Past warming trend constrains future warming in CMIP6 models

KB Tokarska, MB Stolpe, S Sippel, EM Fischer… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Future global warming estimates have been similar across past assessments, but several
climate models of the latest Sixth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) simulate …

[HTML][HTML] Effective radiative forcing and adjustments in CMIP6 models

CJ Smith, RJ Kramer, G Myhre… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
The effective radiative forcing, which includes the instantaneous forcing plus adjustments
from the atmosphere and surface, has emerged as the key metric of evaluating human and …