Response of a coupled ocean-atmosphere model to increasing atmospheric carbon-dioxide: Sensitivity to the rate of increase

From: Journal of Climate | Date: August 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

(Manuscript received 2 February 1998, in final form 20 July 1998)

ABSTRACT

The influence of differing rates of increase of the atmospheric CO2 concentration on the climatic response is investigated using a coupled ocean-atmosphere model. Five transient integrations are performed each using a different constant exponential rate of CO2 increase ranging from 4% yr^sup -1^ to 0.25%^sup -1^. By the time of CO2 doubling, the surface air temperature response in all the transient integrations is locally more than 50% and globally more than 35% of the equilibrium response. The land-sea contrast in ...

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