Global Warming Projections based on Greenhouse Gases Stabilization and Overshoot Scenarios using Community Climate System Model (CCSM3) Project Representative
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Research Institute of Electric Power Industry jointly with National Center for Atmospheric Research. To contribute to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, multi-century global warming projections based on the IPCC SRES scenarios were conducted using the Earth Simulator. One of the features of our experiments is multi-century long-term projections under the stabilized radiative forcings of greenhouse gases. In addition, simple overshoot scenarios are proposed and hysteresis effects in climate system were investigated.
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