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Control # 1 2021019837
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20231128135008.0
Fixed Data 8 210726s2022 enka b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2021019837
ISBN 20    $a9781316510766$q(hardback)
ISBN 20    $a9781009018043$q(paperback)
ISBN 20    $z9781009039604$q(epub)
Obsolete 39    $a334015$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dGCG
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
LC Call 50 00 $aQC995.46$b.S27 2022
Dewey Class 82 00 $a551.63$223
Other Call # 84    $aSCI042000$2bisacsh
ME:Pers Name 100 $aSaravanan, R.$q(Ramalingam)$eauthor.
Title 245 14 $aThe climate demon :$bpast, present, and future of climate prediction /$cR. Saravanan, Texas A&M University.
Tag 264 264  1 $aCambridge, United Kingdom ;$aNew York, NY :$bCambridge University Press,$c2022.
Phys Descrpt 300    $axvii, 379 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 338-371) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aDeducing weather : the dawn of computing -- Predicting weather : the butterfly and the tornado -- The greenhouse effect : Goldilocks and the three planets -- Deducing climate : Smargorinsky's laboratory -- Predicting climate : butterflies in the greenhouse -- The ozone hole : black swan at the polar dawn -- Global warming : from gown to town -- Occam's razor : the reduction to simplicity -- Constraining climate : a conservative view of modeling -- Tuning climate : a comedy of compensating errors -- Occam's beard : the emergence of complexity -- The Hansen paradox : the red queen's race of climate modeling -- The Rumsfeld matrix : degrees of knowledge -- Lost in translation -- Taking climate models seriously, not literally -- Moore's law : to exascale and beyond -- Machine learning : the climate imitation game -- Geoengineering : reducing the fever -- Pascal's wager : hedging our climate bets -- Moonwalking into the future.
Abstract 520    $a"Climate predictions- and the computer models behind them- play a key role in shaping public opinion and our response to the climate crisis. Some people interpret these predictions as 'prophecies of doom' and some others dismiss them as mere speculation, but the vast majority are only vaguely aware of the science behind them. This book gives a balanced view of the strengths and limitations of climate modeling. It covers historical developments, current challenges, and future trends in the field. The accessible discussion of climate modeling only requires a basic knowledge of science. Uncertainties in climate predictions and their implications for assessing climate risk are analyzed, as are the computational challenges faced by future models. The book concludes by highlighting the dangers of climate 'doomism', while also making clear the value of predictive models, and the severe and very real risks posed by anthropogenic climate change."--$cProvided by publisher.
Local Note 590    $aRecommended in Resources for College Libraries.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWeather forecasting$xResearch.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWeather forecasting$xMathematical models.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWeather forecasting$xComputer simulation.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aClimatology$xResearch.