Short-term tests validate long-term estimates of climate change

被引:16
作者
Palmer, Tim [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Oxford OX1 3PU, England
关键词
Climate sciences; Climate change; PREDICTION;
D O I
10.1038/d41586-020-01484-5
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Climate sensitivity to atmospheric CO2 levels is likely to be high. Six-hour weather forecasts have been used to validate estimates of climate change hundreds of years from now. Such tests have great potential - but only if our weather-forecasting and climate-prediction systems are unified.
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页码:185 / 186
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