How many modes are needed to predict climate bifurcations? Lessons from an experiment
According to everyone's experience, predicting the weather reliably over more than 8 d seems an impossible task for our best weather agencies. At the same time, politicians and citizens are asking scientists for climate projections several decades into the future to guide economic and environme...
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Published in | Nonlinear processes in geophysics Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 17 - 35 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Gottingen
Copernicus GmbH
07.02.2022
European Geosciences Union (EGU) Copernicus Publications |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | According to everyone's experience, predicting the weather reliably over more than 8 d seems an impossible task for our best weather agencies. At the same time, politicians and citizens are asking scientists for climate projections several decades into the future to guide economic and environmental policies, especially regarding the maximum admissible emissions of CO.sub.2 . To what extent is this request scientifically admissible? |
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ISSN: | 1607-7946 1023-5809 1607-7946 |
DOI: | 10.5194/npg-29-17-2022 |