Exploration of diverse solutions for the calibration of imperfect climate models

• Published in: Earth system dynamics Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 987 - 1014
• Main Authors: Peatier, Saloua, Sanderson, Benjamin M., Terray, Laurent
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gottingen Copernicus GmbH 06.08.2024; European Geosciences Union / Copernicus Publications; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Calibration; Climate; Climate change; Climate models; Climate prediction; Climatic evolution; Climatology; Configuration management; Earth Sciences; Eigenvectors; Future climates; General circulation models; Parameter identification; Physics; Principal components analysis; Sciences of the Universe; Simulation; Tradeoffs; Variables

The calibration of Earth system model parameters is subject to data, time, and computational constraints. The high dimensionality of this calibration problem, combined with errors arising from model structural assumptions, makes it impossible to find model versions fully consistent with historical o...