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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 106, 期 35, 页码 14778-14783出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901736106
关键词
climate modeling; multimodel database; water vapor
资金
- Department of Energy and Climate Change/Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [GA01101]
- Ministry of Defense Integrated Climate [CBC/2B/0417_Annex C]
In a recent multimodel detection and attribution (D&A) study using the pooled results from 22 different climate models, the simulated fingerprint pattern of anthropogenically caused changes in water vapor was identifiable with high statistical confidence in satellite data. Each model received equal weight in the D&A analysis, despite large differences in the skill with which they simulate key aspects of observed climate. Here, we examine whether water vapor D&A results are sensitive to model quality. The top10 and bottom 10 models are selected with three different sets of skill measures and two different ranking approaches. The entire D&A analysis is then repeated with each of these different sets of more or less skillful models. Our performance metrics include the ability to simulate the mean state, the annual cycle, and the variability associated with El Nino. We find that estimates of an anthropogenic water vapor fingerprint are insensitive to current model uncertainties, and are governed by basic physical processes that are well-represented in climate models. Because the fingerprint is both robust to current model uncertainties and dissimilar to the dominant noise patterns, our ability to identify an anthropogenic influence on observed multidecadal changes in water vapor is not affected by screening based on model quality.
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