The launch version of the Climate Collaboratorium uses a single climate model, C-LEARN.
C-LEARN is a Web-based version of C-ROADS, a simulation of Sustainability Institute and Ventana Systems that is part of the Climate Interactive effort. In the Collaboratorium, C-LEARN is the primary climate model. It takes greenhouse gas emission and deforestation/aforestation targets as inputs and provides outputs such as atmospheric concentrations
The model's inputs are:
- Targets for greenhouse gas emission reduction
- Targets for reductions in deforestation and increases in aforestation
Its outputs are:
- Atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2)
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- Increase in global mean temperature (GMT)
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Overview
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This writeup about Name C-LEARN contains three primary sections Brief description
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Model attributes
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- overview
High level description of the model; information about its developers and their institutional affiliation; the model's history and how it can be accessed; documentation and key publications.
- C-LEARN attributes
The model's geographic scope and resolution; its start date, end date, and time step; its data sources; its approach for dealing with uncertainty; and its overall structure.
- C-LEARN modules
- Regional CO2 emissions
- Other greenhouse
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- gases
- Land use
- Carbon cycle
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Model diagram
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Module: Regional CO2 emissions
Description
Input variables
Key assumptions Explain in words and include equations if available
Output variables
Module: Other greenhouse gasses (CH4 and N2O)
Description
Input variables
Key assumptions Explain in words and include equations if available
Output variables
Module: Land use
Description
Input variables
Key assumptions Explain in words and include equations if available
Output variables
Module: Carbon cycle
Description
Input variables
Key assumptions Explain in words and include equations if available
Output variables
Module: Global Average Surface Temperature
Description
Input variables
Key assumptions Explain in words and include equations if available
Output variables
Module: Sea level rise
Description
Input variables
Key assumptions Explain in words and include equations if available
Output variables
- Climate
- Sea level rise
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