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Numerical simulation of global temperature change during the 20th century with the IAP/LASG GOALS model

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The IAP/LASG GOALS coupled model is used to simulate the climate change during the 20th century using historical greenhouse gases concentrations, the mass mixing ratio of sulfate aerosols simulated by a CTM model, and reconstruction of solar variability spanning the period 1900 to 1997. Four simulations, including a control simulation and three forcing simulations, are conducted. Comparison with the observational record for the period indicates that the three forcing experiments simulate reasonable temporal and spatial distributions of the temperature change. The global warming during the 20th century is caused mainly by increasing greenhouse gas concentration especially since the late 1980s; sulfate aerosols offset a portion of the global warming and the reduction of global temperature is up to about 0.11°C over the century; additionally, the effect of solar variability is not negligible in the simulation of climate change over the 20th century.

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Ma, X., Guo, Y., Shi, G. et al. Numerical simulation of global temperature change during the 20th century with the IAP/LASG GOALS model. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 21, 227–235 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02915709

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