Table 1.
Modeling system | Harvard | CMU | ||
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Simulation period | 5 summers/falls | 10 summers/falls | ||
GCM | GISS III | GISS II’ | ||
Resolution | 4° × 5° | 4° × 5° | ||
GHG scenario | A1b | A2 | ||
GCTM | GEOS-chem | GISS II’ | ||
Climate sensitive emissions | BVOCs; lightning and soil NOx | BVOCs; lightning and soil NOx | ||
Abbreviations: A1b, A2, the names given to the SRES scenarios of greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions used to drive the climate models; BVOC, biogenic volatile organic compounds; GCM, general circulation model; GCTM, global chemical transport model; GEOS, Goddard Earth Observing System; GISS, Goddard Institute for Space Studies; NOx, nitrogen oxides. |