The Effect of Reducing the Solar Constant in a Climate Model

Frank D. Haurwitz

Expert InsightsPublished 1975

A conference paper reporting the results of the RAND general circulation model experiment involving the reduction of the solar constant (Kahle & Deirmendjian, R-1263). In this experiment the incoming solar radiation was reduced 6.5 percent over a 60-day period and the results compared to parallel control and perturbations runs, as well as to the results of similar experiments performed with other models. A greater temperature decrease was found in the upper rather than the lower layer of the RAND model presumably because the sea surface temperature was fixed. In general, other models showed greater temperature decreases than the RAND model which probably reflects the fact that the RAND model is comparatively more complex and had not reached equilibrium during the 60-day simulation period. (Presented at the Workshop on the Solar Constant and the Earth's Climate, Big Bear Solar Observatory of the California Institute of Technology, May 1975.)

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  • Year: 1975
  • Pages: 9
  • Document Number: P-5448

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Haurwitz, Frank D., The Effect of Reducing the Solar Constant in a Climate Model. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1975. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P5448.html.
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