Table 1.
Summary of global climate and O3 modeling systems used in this analysis.
| Modeling system | Harvard | CMU | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||