Description and Evaluation of the MIT Earth System Model (MESM)

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Kicklighter, David; Forest, Chris; Libardoni, Alex; Sokolov, Andrei P; Schlosser, Courtney Adam; ... Show more
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Abstract
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) is designed for analyzing the global environmental changes that may result from anthropogenic causes, quantifying the uncertainties associated with the projected changes, and assessing the costs and environmental effectiveness of proposed policies to mitigate climate risk. The IGSM consists of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Earth System Model (MESM) of intermediate complexity and the Economic Projections and Policy Analysis model. This paper documents the current version of the MESM, which includes a two-dimensional (zonally averaged) atmospheric model with interactive chemistry coupled to the zonally averaged version of Global Land System model and an anomaly-diffusing ocean model.
Date issued
2018-07
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118449
Department
Joint Program in Oceanography; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Global Change Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Journal
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Publisher
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Citation
Sokolov, Andrei, et al. “Description and Evaluation of the MIT Earth System Model (MESM).” Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 10, no. 8, Aug. 2018, pp. 1759–89. © 2018 The Authors.
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1942-2466
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