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The Role of Climate Sensitivity and Ocean Heat Uptake on AOGCM Transient Temperature Response

by: Sarah C. Raper, Jonathan M. Gregory, Ronald J. Stouffer
Journal of Climate, Vol. 15, No. 1. (1 January 2002), pp. 124-130.

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The role of climate sensitivity and ocean heat uptake in determining the range of climate model response is investigated in the second phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP2) AOGCM results. The fraction of equilibrium warming that is realized at any one time is less in those models with higher climate sensitivity, leading to a reduction in the temperature response range at the time of CO2 doubling [transient climate response (TCR) range]. The range is reduced by a further 15% because of an apparent relationship between climate sensitivity and the efficiency of ocean heat uptake. Some possible physical causes for this relationship are suggested.

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