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. 2018 Feb 1;18(2):133–189. doi: 10.1089/ast.2016.1589

Table 6.

A Comparison of Global Average Surface Temperatures of Our 1-D Climate to 1-D and 3-D Model Results in the Literature

			Comparison result (K)
Atmosphere	Our model	Our result (K)	Asynchronous (3:2)	Synchronous (1:1)
1 bar CO₂ (snow)	VPL Climate	264	266^a	247^a
4 bar CO₂	VPL Climate	306	305^a	289^a
6 bar CO₂	VPL Climate	320	324^a	309^a
1 bar N₂, 376 ppm CO₂	VPL Climate	238	238^a	220^a
1 bar N₂, 376 ppm CO₂, water	VPL Climate	249 (moist adiabat) 257 (fixed H₂O)	253^a	252^a
2% CO₂, 0.02% CH₄, water	Atmos	282	287^b
6% CO₂, water	Atmos	285.3	287.9^c

^{^a}

Turbet et al. (2016), provided by M. Turbet (private communication).

^{^b}

Charnay et al. (2013).

^{^c}

Wolf and Toon (2013).