A successful prediction?
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Ocean-atmosphere general circulation climate models are unable to simulate climates because time-scales in climate models are huge as compared to the weather forecasting usage of these models and also because changes in oceans over long periods are not taken into account. The results predicted by J.F.B. Mitchell and his colleagues using coupled ocean-atmospheric general circulation climate models are in good agreement with the previous data available on global-mean temperature changes from 1861 to 1995. Future predictions of global warming for time-period 2030-50 are discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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Curb on foreign computers puts damper on US climate modelling
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US climate modelling is expected to remain behind the rest of the world for the next several years according to the National Research Council (NRC) climate research committee's report. This is because US researchers have been unable to purchase powerful supercomputers from Japan following an anti-dumping ruling in 1997 which blocked the sale of powerful SX-4 machines by supercomputer maker NEC to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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Awakenings in the Arctic
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The Arctic Ocean was considered a quiet, static and unproductive backwater hardly causing any changes in the southern oceans. This view is due to the very limited observations available due to its inaccessibility caused by the ice. A layer of water from the Atlantic Ocean is warming up and is becoming shallow. This has been first observed in 1993. There are also alterations in the exchanges between the Canadian and Eurasian basins.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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