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To better understand the earth’s climate, climate models are constructed by expressing the physical laws, which govern climate mathematically, solving the resulting equations, and comparing the solutions with nature. Given the complexity of the climate, the mathematical model can only be solved under simplifying assumptions, which are a priori decisions about which physical processes are important. The objective is to obtain a mathematical model, which both reproduces the observed climate and can be used to project how the earth’s climate will respond to changes in external conditions.
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Shukla, J., Kinter, J.L., Schneider, E.K., Straus, D.M. (1999). Modelling of the Climate System. In: Martens, P., Rotmans, J., Jansen, D., Vrieze, K. (eds) Climate Change: An Integrated Perspective. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47982-6_3
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