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. Greenhouse gas emission and deforestation/aforestation targets are its primary inputs. Its primary outputs are atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and increase in global mean temperature (GMT).
This writeup about C-LEARN contains three primary sections
- C-LEARN overview
High level description of the model, information about its creators 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
Brief descriptions of C-LEARN's six sub-models:- Regional CO2 emissions
- Other greenhouse gasses (CH4 and N2O)
- Land use
- Carbon cycle
- Global Average Surface Temperature
- Sea level rise
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