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Climate modelling : philosophical and conceptual issues / Elisabeth A. Lloyd, Eric Winsberg, editors.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319650586
  • 3319650580
  • 3319650572
  • 9783319650579
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 551.6011 23
LOC classification:
  • QC981 .C55 2018
Online resources:
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?
Summary: This edited collection of works by leading climate scientists and philosophers introduces readers to issues in the foundations, evaluation, confirmation, and application of climate models. It engages with important topics directly affecting public policy, including the role of doubt, the use of satellite data, and the robustness of models. Climate Modelling provides an early and significant contribution to the burgeoning Philosophy of Climate Science field that will help to shape our understanding of these topics in both philosophy and the wider scientific context. It offers insight into the reasons we should believe what climate models say about the world but addresses the issues that inform how reliable and well-confirmed these models are.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?

This edited collection of works by leading climate scientists and philosophers introduces readers to issues in the foundations, evaluation, confirmation, and application of climate models. It engages with important topics directly affecting public policy, including the role of doubt, the use of satellite data, and the robustness of models. Climate Modelling provides an early and significant contribution to the burgeoning Philosophy of Climate Science field that will help to shape our understanding of these topics in both philosophy and the wider scientific context. It offers insight into the reasons we should believe what climate models say about the world but addresses the issues that inform how reliable and well-confirmed these models are.

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