Enhanced Greenhouse Climate, Transient Climate Simulations

Typical Exam Questions


1. Give two reasons or examples supporting the validity of climate models for giving reasonably correct projections of future climates.

2. Give two reasons or examples why climate models could be expected to have difficulty projecting future climates.

3. Name three changes in climate that are produced by essentially all climate models for a doubling of atmospheric CO2.

4. What is a transient global climate model and how will its results be expected to differ from the other category of global climate model?

5. Why might we worry if our climate system is determined to be "almost intransitive"?