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Inference Versus Imprint In Climate Modeling

Abstract

A statistical inference method known as ε-machine reconstruction is introduced as a modeling procedure for turbulent transport processes in a climate model. Observational data on the atmospheric boundary layer obtained with a radar wind profiler, a radio-acoustic sounding system, and a Raman lidar system was assembled to construct this type of model for use within the unresolved (sub-grid) scales of a numerical climate model. An ensemble of 500 single-column model runs using the inferred sub-grid turbulent transport models demonstrated comparable performance to an identical ensemble of runs using the standard, eddy-diffusivity parametrizations for the turbulent transport. The primary advantages of the ε-machine models are that they are a less biased modeling framework for complex processes such as turbulent transport, and that they are more memory efficient.

Article / Publication Data
Active/Online
YES
Volume
5
Available Metadata
Fiscal Year
Publication Name
Econ Papers
Published On
January 01, 2002
Print Volume
5
Print Number
1
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  • Leon A. Benjamin - Not Positioned Gsl
    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
    NOAA/Global Systems Laboratory