IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/wirecc/v2y2011i1p128-139.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

History of climate modeling

Author

Listed:
  • Paul N. Edwards

Abstract

The history of climate modeling begins with conceptual models, followed in the 19th century by mathematical models of energy balance and radiative transfer, as well as simple analog models. Since the 1950s, the principal tools of climate science have been computer simulation models of the global general circulation. From the 1990s to the present, a trend toward increasingly comprehensive coupled models of the entire climate system has dominated the field. Climate model evaluation and intercomparison is changing modeling into a more standardized, modular process, presenting the potential for unifying research and operational aspects of climate science. WIREs Clim Change 2011 2 128–139 DOI: 10.1002/wcc.95 This article is categorized under: Climate, History, Society, Culture > Technological Aspects and Ideas Climate Models and Modeling > Knowledge Generation with Models

Suggested Citation

  • Paul N. Edwards, 2011. "History of climate modeling," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2(1), pages 128-139, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:wirecc:v:2:y:2011:i:1:p:128-139
    DOI: 10.1002/wcc.95
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.95
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1002/wcc.95?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Michael Short & William Peirson & Gregory Peters & Ronald Cox, 2012. "Managing Adaptation of Urban Water Systems in a Changing Climate," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 26(7), pages 1953-1981, May.
    2. Sabine Undorf & Karoliina Pulkkinen & Per Wikman-Svahn & Frida A.-M. Bender, 2022. "How do value-judgements enter model-based assessments of climate sensitivity?," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 174(3), pages 1-26, October.
    3. Joel Katzav & Wendy Parker, 2015. "The future of climate modeling," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 132(4), pages 475-487, October.
    4. Shannon G. Klein & Cassandra Roch & Carlos M. Duarte, 2024. "Systematic review of the uncertainty of coral reef futures under climate change," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.
    5. Lea Berrang‐Ford & Friederike Döbbe & Ruth Garside & Neal Haddaway & William F. Lamb & Jan C. Minx & Wolfgang Viechtbauer & Vivian Welch & Howard White, 2020. "Editorial: Evidence synthesis for accelerated learning on climate solutions," Campbell Systematic Reviews, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 16(4), December.
    6. Omid Alizadeh, 2022. "Advances and challenges in climate modeling," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 170(1), pages 1-26, January.
    7. Ndivhuwo Ramovha & Martha Chadyiwa & Freeman Ntuli & Thandiwe Sithole, 2024. "The Potential of Stormwater Management Strategies and Artificial Intelligence Modeling Tools to Improve Water Quality: A Review," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 38(10), pages 3527-3560, August.
    8. Erik T. Smith & Scott C. Sheridan, 2021. "Projections of cold air outbreaks in CMIP6 earth system models," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 169(1), pages 1-16, November.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:wirecc:v:2:y:2011:i:1:p:128-139. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://doi.org/10.1002/(ISSN)1757-7799 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.