Study the Sensitivity of Climate to Some Atmospheric Parameters using One-Dimensional Model | ||
| Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 27, Issue 1, February 2016, Pages 104-107 | ||
| Author | ||
| Maylaa .M.Kadum | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Computer-driven Global Climate Models (GCMs) are the primary tools used today in climate change research. These models require supercomputing facilities and skilled programmers to run. On other hand simple climate models which can be run on PC computers are widely used to investigate variety of climate components. In this research a simple one-dimensional climate model was used to investigate the effects of some atmospheric parameters on global temperature of Earth. The results indicted that polward heat flux is an important factor in the climate of earth and it is sensitive to the change in the diffusivity (transfer of heat flux) and Hadley cell. Simulation showed that a change of the incoming solar radiation by 0.1 of its current value would make the entire Earth free of Ice. The results illustrated that the tropics and subtropics areas of Earth are less effected by changing the longwave radiation and polar regions are the most affected regions by this change. | ||
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