Oceanographers' contribution to climate modelling and prediction: progress to date and a future perspective

Shuckburgh, Emily F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9206-3444. 2012 Oceanographers' contribution to climate modelling and prediction: progress to date and a future perspective. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 370 (1980). 5656-5681. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2012.0402

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The ocean plays an essential role in determining aspects of the climate through its influence on coupled processes involving the atmosphere, cyrosphere and biogeochemistry, including budgets of heat and carbon dioxide and sea-level rise. Here, the key developments in ocean modelling over the past 20 years are reviewed and the prospects for the next 20 years are outlined, considering a hierarchy of idealized, conceptual and realistic modelling frameworks. It is emphasized that any long-term modelling strategy needs to be underpinned and complemented by fundamental theoretical and observational research activities. The need to be aware of the societal and technological drivers that will shape future research directions is also articulated.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2012.0402
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Polar Oceans
ISSN:	1364-503X
Additional Keywords:	climate modelling, oceanography, Earth system science
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences
Date made live:	17 Dec 2012 17:03 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20829

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