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Modeling surface processes in climate system models

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The Mathematics of Models for Climatology and Environment

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In the last decades it has become increasingly evident that, in order to understand the behavior of the climate system and its response to human activities, a multi-disciplinary effort is needed to model the interactions between the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the biosphere, the cryosphere, and the chemosphere (Trenberth 1992). Interactions between these components of the climate system have been studied for many years. Only recently, however, mathematical models (hereafter referred to as Climate System Models, or CSMs) are being sought to describe the system as a whole, so that possible feedback mechanisms can be identified and quantified.

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    Filippo Giorgi

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Giorgi, F. (1997). Modeling surface processes in climate system models. In: Díaz, J.I. (eds) The Mathematics of Models for Climatology and Environment. NATO ASI Series, vol 48. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60603-8_3

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