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Doubled Co2 Experiments With The Global Change Research Center Two-Dimensional Statistical Dynamical Climate Model, R. M. Mackay, M. A. K. Khalil
Doubled Co2 Experiments With The Global Change Research Center Two-Dimensional Statistical Dynamical Climate Model, R. M. Mackay, M. A. K. Khalil
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The zonally averaged response of the Global Change Research Center two-dimensional statistical dynamical climate model (GCRC 2-D SDCM) to a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide (350 parts per million by volume (ppmv) to 700 ppmv) is reported. The model solves the two-dimensional primitive equations in finite difference form (mass continuity, Newton's second law, and the first law of thermodynamics) for the prognostic variables: zonal mean density, zonal mean zonal velocity, zonal mean meridional velocity, and zonal mean temperature on a grid that has 18 nodes in latitude and 9 vertical nodes (plus the surface). The equation of state, p=rhoRT, and …