{"product_id":"global-warming-limitations-of-general-circulation-models-and-costs-of-modeling-efforts-rced-95-164-9781287166702","title":"Global Warming: Limitations of General Circulation Models and Costs of Modeling Efforts: RCED-95-164","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePursuant to congressional request, GAO reviewed the accuracy of general circulation models (GCM) in forecasting global warming trends, focusing on the: (1) factors limiting the accuracy of GCM estimates of future climatic changes; and (2) federal expenditures for GCM for fiscal years (FY) 1992 through 1994. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) although GCM have improved their ability to predict future climatic changes over the last decade, their estimates are still limited by their incomplete or inaccurate representations of climate-affecting processes and by insufficient computer power; (2) scientists do not fully understand how the climate system responds to potentially important physical, chemical, and biological processes; (3) the lack of computer power requires scientists to use simplified assumptions and structures that increase the uncertainty of the models' predictions; (4) scientists are conducting research to overcome the limitations of the computer models; and (5) five federal agencies spent about $122.6 million for various global modeling projects, which represented about 3 percent of the global change research program's budget for FY 1992 through 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bibliogov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47597056950423,"sku":"9781287166702","price":1437.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781287166702.webp?v=1774996091","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/global-warming-limitations-of-general-circulation-models-and-costs-of-modeling-efforts-rced-95-164-9781287166702","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}