Two Exploratory Uses for General Circulation Models in Climate Science

Abstract In this paper I present two ways in which climate modelers use general circulation models for exploratory purposes. The complexity of Earth’s system makes it difficult to predict precisely how lower-order dynamics will interact over time drive higher-order dynamics. same issues arise complex built simulate behavior like the Community Earth Systems Model (CESM). argue that as a result complexity, perform model dynamic exploration (MDE) and (CDE). MDE CDE help better understand structure actual system, respectively.