Atmospheric composition and climate

Component is implemented in:

MAGICC model (version IMAGE-MAGICC 6.3) Components: Atmospheric composition and climate

Related IMAGE components

Air pollution and energy policies Carbon cycle and natural vegetation Climate policy Crops and grass Emissions Human development Land and biodiversity policies Nutrients Water

Projects/Applications

Representative Concentration Pathways - RCP (2009)

Models/Databases

AR4 (IPCC) database LPJmL model

Key publications

Meinshausen et al., 2011b Müller et al., 2016b Van Vuuren and Stehfest, 2013

References

IPCC, 2007a IPCC, 2013 Meinshausen et al., 2011a

Flowchart Atmospheric composition and climate. See also the Input/Output Table on the introduction page.

Key policy issues

• What would be the impact of global climate change in this century without additional mitigation policies and measures?
• To what extent would the various scenarios to significantly reduce net greenhouse gas emissions lead to a reduction in climate change?
• To what extent does the uncertainty of geographical patterns in temperature and precipitation change influence future climate impacts and response strategies?

Introduction

CO2 other GHG CO NMVOC emissions Terrestrial C balance Black and Organic Carbon SO2 NOx emissions Climate change patterns MAGICC parameter settings Sulphate patterns Radiative forcing factors CO2 concentration Climate indicators Radiative forcings Global mean temperature Temperature and precipitation