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This is a study of the sensitivity of model results (atmospheric content of main gas constituents and radiative characteristics of the atmosphere) to errors in emissions of a number of atmospheric gaseous pollutants. Groups of the model variables most dependent on these errors are selected. Two variants of emissions are considered: one without their evolution and the other with their variation according to the IPCC scenario. The estimates are made on the basis of standard statistical methods for the results obtained with the detailed onedimensional radiative—photochemical model of the Main Geophysical Observatory (MGO). Some approaches to such estimations with models of higher complexity and to the solution of the inverse problem (i.e., the estimation of the necessary accuracy of external model parameters for obtaining the given accuracy of model results) are outlined.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Frol’kis, I.L. Karol’, A.A. Kiselev, Yu E. Ozolin, V.A. Zubov, 2007, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2007, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 453–462.
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Frol’kis, V.A., Karol’, I.L., Kiselev, A.A. et al. Statistical analysis of a global photochemical model of the atmosphere. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 43, 413–422 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433807040032
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