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Outlining the major differences between CCSM3 and Chou's Radiation Model

raytoven

Horen Sarrison
New Member
Hello,

I was looking at this site that shows a variety of things, including the equilibrium surface temperature given a series of specified parameters. It gives an option to swap between the CCSM3 and the Chou Model, of which I think more can be found about here. The models output different results given the same parameters, with Chou generally being colder. Could someone outline briefly what the major differences are between the models in how they perform this calculation to get the equilibrium near-surface air temperature based on the provided parameters?
 
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