climate models
Atmospheric prediction systems
Climate models are computer simulations that represent Earth's climate system—atmosphere, oceans, land, ice—to understand current conditions and project future changes.
Scientists use them to test how variables like greenhouse gas concentrations affect temperature, precipitation, and sea levels: Climate models predict more frequent extreme weather events.
The term often appears in debates about climate policy, where model accuracy and uncertainty become contested.
- greenhouse gasesEmissions that trap heat
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
- weather predictionAnticipated atmospheric conditions
- extreme weatherUnusual, dangerous atmospheric events
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
global warming · tipping points · ice sheets · solar radiation · ocean currents · downscaling · hindcast · climatology · aerosols · reanalysis · temperature · forcing · feedback loops · precipitation · boundary conditions · land surface · carbon · emissions
- simulation modelsMonte Carlo, carrying capacity, differential equations, feedback loops, multi-agent systems
- climateweather, global warming, temperature, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas
- Climate Changeglobal warming, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, CO2, carbon emissions
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
- meteorologyweather, rain, wind, snow, clouds
- Climate Politicsglobal warming, carbon tax, Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, emissions