Chapter 3. Energy Balance Models
Published Online: 30 JUN 2005
DOI: 10.1002/0470857617.ch3
Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
A Climate Modelling Primer, Third Edition
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How to Cite
McGuffie, K. and Henderson-Sellers, A. (2005) Energy Balance Models, in A Climate Modelling Primer, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/0470857617.ch3
Publication History
- Published Online: 30 JUN 2005
- Published Print: 14 JAN 2005
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470857502
Online ISBN: 9780470857618
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- greenhouse increment;
- faint Sun–warm early Earth paradox;
- geophysiology;
- Daisyworld;
- palaeoclimates;
- small ice cap instability (SICI);
- cap carbonates;
- Neoproterozoic;
- asthenosphere
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Balancing the planetary radiation budget
The structure of energy balance models
Parameterizing the climate system for energy balance models
BASIC models
Energy balance models and glacial cycles
Box models – another form of energy balance model
Energy balance models: deceptively simple models
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