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General Circulation Models (GCMs) attempt to reproduce the three-dimensional atmospheric processes which result in the surface climate that we experience across different regions of the globe. The time and spatial scales upon which various GCMs operate are much cruder (less-well resolved) than those of the real world. Nevertheless, GCM experiments offer the most promising approach for gaining insight into the physical mechanisms underlying past and potential future climates, particularly at a regional level. It is this regional detail which is needed to develop and test theories about past climates and for making predictions about future climates that might come about as a consequence of increasing greenhouse gases.
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Briffa, K.R. (1995). The Simulation of Weather Types in GCMs: A Regional Approach to Control-Run Validation. In: von Storch, H., Navarra, A. (eds) Analysis of Climate Variability. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03167-4_7
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