Ebook: Image 2.0: Integrated Modeling of Global Climate Change

Only a few laboratories in the world have taken the bold step to attempt the integration of sub-models of the climate system, the global biogeochemical cycles and the human/societal components.
This volume reports such a major undertaking and it is an important step towards an integrated approach to global change science. The IMAGE 2 model is important in demonstrating our current ability to model the complex global system.

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Only a few laboratories in the world have taken the bold step to attempt the integration of sub-models of the climate system, the global biogeochemical cycles and the human/societal components.
This volume reports such a major undertaking and it is an important step towards an integrated approach to global change science. The IMAGE 2 model is important in demonstrating our current ability to model the complex global system.

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Only a few laboratories in the world have taken the bold step to attempt the integration of sub-models of the climate system, the global biogeochemical cycles and the human/societal components.
This volume reports such a major undertaking and it is an important step towards an integrated approach to global change science. The IMAGE 2 model is important in demonstrating our current ability to model the complex global system.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Modeling the Global Society-Biosphere-Climate System: Part 1: Model Description and Testing....Pages 1-35
Modeling the Global Society-Biosphere-Climate System: Part 2: Computed Scenarios....Pages 37-78
Model for Calculating Regional Energy use, Industrial Production and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Evaluating Global Climate Scenarios....Pages 79-131
Determining the Potential Distribution of Vegetation, Crops and Agricultural Productivity....Pages 133-161
Simulating Changes in Global Land Cover as Affected by Economic and Climatic Factors....Pages 163-198
Simulating the Carbon Flux Between the Terrestrial Environment and the Atmosphere....Pages 199-230
Computing Land use Emissions of Greenhouse Gases....Pages 231-258
Atmospheric Composition Calculations for Evaluation of Climate Scenarios....Pages 259-281
An Atmosphere-Ocean Model for Integrated Assessment of Global Change....Pages 283-318
Back Matter....Pages 319-321

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Only a few laboratories in the world have taken the bold step to attempt the integration of sub-models of the climate system, the global biogeochemical cycles and the human/societal components.
This volume reports such a major undertaking and it is an important step towards an integrated approach to global change science. The IMAGE 2 model is important in demonstrating our current ability to model the complex global system.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Modeling the Global Society-Biosphere-Climate System: Part 1: Model Description and Testing....Pages 1-35
Modeling the Global Society-Biosphere-Climate System: Part 2: Computed Scenarios....Pages 37-78
Model for Calculating Regional Energy use, Industrial Production and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Evaluating Global Climate Scenarios....Pages 79-131
Determining the Potential Distribution of Vegetation, Crops and Agricultural Productivity....Pages 133-161
Simulating Changes in Global Land Cover as Affected by Economic and Climatic Factors....Pages 163-198
Simulating the Carbon Flux Between the Terrestrial Environment and the Atmosphere....Pages 199-230
Computing Land use Emissions of Greenhouse Gases....Pages 231-258
Atmospheric Composition Calculations for Evaluation of Climate Scenarios....Pages 259-281
An Atmosphere-Ocean Model for Integrated Assessment of Global Change....Pages 283-318
Back Matter....Pages 319-321
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