Readings on Evaluating Climate Models

 

• IPCC Chapter
• Randall, D.A., et al., 2007: Climate Models and Their Evaluation. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., et al. (eds)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY.
• Modeled and Observed Tropospheric Temperature Trends
• Douglass, D.H., J.R. Christy, B.D. Pearson and S.F. Singer, 2008: A comparison of tropical temperature trends with model predictions. International Journal of Climatology, 28, 1693-1701.
• Santer, B.D., P.W. Thorne, et al., 2008: Consistency of modelled and observed temperature trends in the tropical troposphere. International Journal of Climatology, 28, 1703-1722.