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Science 10 September 1982:
Vol. 217. no. 4564, pp. 1031 - 1033
DOI: 10.1126/science.217.4564.1031
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Carbon Dioxide and Climate: The Importance of Realistic Geography in Estimating the Transient Temperature Response

STARLEY L. THOMPSON 1 and STEPHEN H. SCHNEIDER 2

1 Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
2 Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80307

Results obtained from a detailed air-sea-ice climate model for an instantaneous increase in the atmospheric carbon dioxide content are used to estimate the transient surface temperature response for several time-dependent carbon dioxide increase scenarios. The inclusion of realistic variations of land fraction and ocean mixing with latitude is found to limit the applicability of steady- state simulations as approximate guides to the actual time-dependent temperature response, particularly when the regional response is considered.

Submitted on February 22, 1982
Revised on May 28, 1982


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