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meeting reviews meeting review Status of Paleoclimatic Research: An Excerpt from the April 1987 NSF Climate Dynamics Workshop on Data-Model Interactions1 Davi d K. Rea1 can cite the many asymptotically equilibrated general-circula- Introduction tion model (GCM) sensitivity experiments showing the slaved response of the atmospheric and surface conditions to pre- A workshop on how best to enhance the interaction between scribed distributions of such slow variables as ice mass or those scientists who generate proxy records of past climates carbon dioxide. and those who construct computer-based models of climate was The aim here is to discuss the general problem of modeling held 8-10 April 1987, at The Woods, near Hedgesville, West the changes in the slow-response variables. Such a model is Virginia. Thirty-three scientists from U.S. academic institu- necessary if we are to account for the major climatic variations tions and federal research institutions representing both the that occur naturally on long time scales including the response "data-based" and modeling communities convened to discuss to earth-orbital forcing (e.g., the "ice ages"), and also if we how the desired interactions could be achieved. The workshop are to be able to predict the long-term consequences of an- was organized and supported by the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society

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Publisher
American Meteorological Society
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Copyright © American Meteorological Society
ISSN
1520-0477
DOI
10.1175/1520-0477-69.4.390
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Abstract

meeting review Status of Paleoclimatic Research: An Excerpt from the April 1987 NSF Climate Dynamics Workshop on Data-Model Interactions1 Davi d K. Rea1 can cite the many asymptotically equilibrated general-circula- Introduction tion model (GCM) sensitivity experiments showing the slaved response of the atmospheric and surface conditions to pre- A workshop on how best to enhance the interaction between scribed distributions of such slow variables as ice mass or those scientists who generate proxy records of past climates carbon dioxide. and those who construct computer-based models of climate was The aim here is to discuss the general problem of modeling held 8-10 April 1987, at The Woods, near Hedgesville, West the changes in the slow-response variables. Such a model is Virginia. Thirty-three scientists from U.S. academic institu- necessary if we are to account for the major climatic variations tions and federal research institutions representing both the that occur naturally on long time scales including the response "data-based" and modeling communities convened to discuss to earth-orbital forcing (e.g., the "ice ages"), and also if we how the desired interactions could be achieved. The workshop are to be able to predict the long-term consequences of an- was organized and supported by the

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Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyAmerican Meteorological Society

Published: Apr 1, 1988

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