Title :
Testing and evaluating atmospheric climate models
Author :
Pope, Vicky ; Davies, Terry
Author_Institution :
Meteorological Office, Bracknell, UK
Abstract :
Model validation is a crucial process that underpins model development and gives confidence to the results from running models. This article discusses a range of techniques for validating atmosphere models given that the atmosphere is chaotic and incompletely observed.
Keywords :
climatology; geophysics computing; atmospheric climate models evaluation; model development; model validation; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Chaos; Chemistry; Equations; Ice; Oceans; Physics; Robust stability; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCISE.2002.1032431
