What can multiple climate change simulations tell us about the future Swedish climate?

Erik Kjellström and Petter Lind introduce a compilation of results from a large number of coupled
atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs) and a large number of more detailed
regional climate model scenarios. Changes in seasonal mean precipitation and temperature are
presented for northern and southern Sweden. Uncertainty ranges for the results are examined in
light of different emission scenarios, model formulation and simulated natural variability. Their
study emphasises the usefulness of large climate model ensembles in the study of climate scenario uncertainty and scenario robustness.

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Events
2012-05-23 – 2012-05-23
Mistra-SWECIA Science seminar: The effects of different energy sources and technological progress on climate change
Fossil energy and technological progress are two important factors that potentially influence climate change. Today, the main source of energy is fossil energy, and its use generates CO2-emissions with global warming as result. Technological progress can however improve the energy efficiency and potentially lead to the implementation of alternative clean energy sources that may partially or fully...