FY 1997 Climate and Global Dynamics Division Annual Scientific Report
Table of Contents
Division Director's Message
Mission Statement
Significant Accomplishments
Climate System Model
Flexible Modeling System
Spin Up of the Coupled Model
Coupled Simulation
Transient CO
2
Increase Simulation
20
th
Century Project
Climate Modeling
CCM Development
Climate Research
Climate and Chemistry
Oceanography
Global Ocean Modeling
North Atlantic Basin Studies
Air-Sea Interaction
Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence
Climate Analysis
Datasets
Climate Analysis
El Niño Southern Oscillation and Other Tropical Studies
Climate Diagnostics
Decadal Variability
Anthropogenic Climate Change and Detection
Global Dynamics
Predictability and Prediction Studies of Weather and Climate Variations
Diagnostic and Theoretical Studies of Variability and Validation
Sensitivity, Development, and Assimilation Studies
Climate Change Research
Paleoclimate Model Development and Applications
Biosphere/Climate Interactions
Coupled Global Climate Model and Dynamic Ice-Sheet Model
DOE/Climate Change Prediction Program Distributed Parallel Climate Model (PCM)
Mechanisms for Decadal Climate Fluctuations
Climate System Model (CSM) Sea-Ice Component
Massively Parallel Global Ocean Model Development and Application
Parallel Climate Model (PCM) Sea-Ice Model Simulations
Detection of Climate Change in the Ocean at 24N
Greenhouse Gas and Sulfate Aerosol Transient Experiments
CSM Simulations of Asian-Australian Monsoons and ENSO
NCAR Participation in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP)
Ecosystem Dynamics and the Atmosphere
The Effects of Interannual Climate Variability on Terrestrial Ecosystems
A Historical "Bioclimate" for the U.S. 1895-1990
Algorithm Development for the 1998 Launch of the EOS-AM1 Satellite
An Integrated Land Model for the CSM
Geophysical Statistics Project
Modeling Spacial and Spatio-temporal Processes
Analysis of Functional Data
Applications of Bayesian Methodology to Climate Change
Spatial Sampling and Design
Linear and Nonlinear Time Series Analyses
Staff, Visitors, and Collaborators
Publications
Community Service Activities