Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/029401
Keywords
coupled climate models; water cycle; metrics
Funding
- National Science Foundation NSF [NSF-ANT 1250228]
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In this addendum we show results of the climate model consistency test performed with the control runs of all CMIP5 models. We calculate the closure of the atmospheric moisture budget. As already explained in the original article and confirmed again with CMIP5 models, a few outlier models can exhibit significant biases, and changes over time of these biases, that distort the multi-model means of water cycle components. These biases in the control runs of climate models can also be regarded as artificial, non-radiative forcings and should hence be taken in consideration in applications. We stress the need for 'consistency tests' in addition to 'reality checks' (comparisons with observations) of climate models for improving future climate change predictions.
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