Statistical estimation of global surface temperature response to forcing under the assumption of temporal scaling
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Myrvoll-Nilsen, EirikSørbye, Sigrunn Holbek

Fredriksen, Hege-Beate

Rue, Haavard

Rypdal, Martin
KAUST Department
Statistics ProgramComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Date
2020-04-08Submitted Date
2019-10-29Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/661837
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Reliable quantification of the global mean surface temperature (GMST) response to radiative forcing is essential for assessing the risk of dangerous anthropogenic climate change. We present the statistical foundations for an observation-based approach using a stochastic linear response model that is consistent with the long-range temporal dependence observed in global temperature variability. We have incorporated the model in a latent Gaussian modeling framework, which allows for the use of integrated nested Laplace approximations (INLAs) to perform full Bayesian analysis. As examples of applications, we estimate the GMST response to forcing from historical data and compute temperature trajectories under the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) for future greenhouse gas forcing. For historic runs in the Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) ensemble, we estimate response functions and demonstrate that one can infer the transient climate response (TCR) from the instrumental temperature record. We illustrate the effect of long-range dependence by comparing the results with those obtained from one-box and two-box energy balance models. The software developed to perform the given analyses is publicly available as the R package INLA.climate.Citation
Myrvoll-Nilsen, E., Sørbye, S. H., Fredriksen, H.-B., Rue, H., & Rypdal, M. (2020). Statistical estimation of global surface temperature response to forcing under the assumption of temporal scaling. Earth System Dynamics, 11(2), 329–345. doi:10.5194/esd-11-329-2020Sponsors
This research has been supported by the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant no. 820970).Publisher
Copernicus GmbHJournal
Earth System DynamicsAdditional Links
https://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/11/329/2020/Relations
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Title: eirikmn/INLA.climate: Repository for the INLA.climate R-package. Publication Date: 2019-01-29. github: eirikmn/INLA.climate Handle: 10754/667392
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10.5194/esd-11-329-2020
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