A vast machine computer models, climate data, and the politics of global warming.
Edwards argues that all our knowledge about climate change comes from three kinds of computer models: simulation models of weather and climate; reanalysis models, which recreate climate history from historical weather data; and data models, used to combine and adjust measurements from many different...
| Main Author: | Edwards, Paul N. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press,
2013.
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| Physical Description: |
xxvii, 518 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Edition: | First MIT Press paperback edition. |
| Series: |
Infrastructures series.
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| Summary: |
Edwards argues that all our knowledge about climate change comes from three kinds of computer models: simulation models of weather and climate; reanalysis models, which recreate climate history from historical weather data; and data models, used to combine and adjust measurements from many different sources. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Edwards argues that all our knowledge about climate change comes from three kinds of computer models: simulation models of weather and climate; reanalysis models, which recreate climate history from historical weather data; and data models, used to combine and adjust measurements from many different sources. |
| Physical Description: |
xxvii, 518 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0262518635 9780262518635 |