Climate modelling : philosophical and conceptual issues /
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Introduction; 1.1 A Warming Planet; 1.2 Part 1: Confirmation and Evidence; 1.3 'Satellite Data and Climate Models, ' by Elisabeth A. Lloyd (Chap. 3; Original for this book); 1.4 'The Role of 'Complex' Empiricism in the Debates about Satellite Data and Climate Models' by Elisabeth A. Lloyd (Updated for this book); 1.5 'Reconciling Climate Model/Data Discrepancies: The Case of the 'Trees That Didn't Bark'' by Michael E. Mann (Original for this book)
- 1.6 'Downscaling of Climate Information' by Linda O. Mearns, Melissa S. Bukovsky, Sara C. Pryor, and Victor Magana (2014)1.7 Part 2: Robustness and Climate Models; 1.8 'The Significance of Robust Model Projections' by Wendy Parker (Updated for this book); 1.9 'Building Trust, Removing Doubt? Robustness Analysis and Climate Modeling' by Jay Odenbaugh (Original for this book); 1.10 Part 3: Climate Models as Guides to Policy; 1.11 'Climate Model Confirmation: From Philosophy to Predicting Climate in the Real World' by Reto Knutti (Original for this book)
- 1.12 'Uncertainty in Climate Science and Climate Policy' by Jonathan Rougier and Michael Crucifix (Original for this book)1.13 'Communicating Uncertainty to Policy Makers: The Ineliminable Role of Values' by Eric Winsberg (Original for this book); 1.14 'Modeling Climate Policies: A Critical Look at Integrated Assessment Models' by Mathias Frisch (Original for this book); 1.15 'Modeling Mitigation and Adaptation Policies to Predict their Effectiveness: The Limits of Randomized Controlled Trials' by Alexandre Marcellesi and Nancy Cartwright (Original for this book)
- 4: Fact Sheet for 'Consistency of Modeled and Observed Temperature Trends in the Tropical Troposphere'4.1 QUESTION 1: What is the scientific context for the research published in the Santer et al. International Journal of Climatology paper?; 4.2 QUESTION 2: What arguments were made to support this claim?; 4.3 QUESTION 3: But hadn't the scientific community already resolved this issue?; 4.4 QUESTION 4: What was the thrust of your new research?; 4.5 QUESTION 5: What specific issues did you focus on?