Overview
Includes contributions from Linda Mearns and Reto Knutti, members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Consolidates the views of leading experts and observers on the philosophical and conceptual issues of climate modelling
Provides an early and important contribution to the emerging field of the Philosophy of Climate Science
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Confirmation and Evidence
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Uncertainties and Robustness
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Climate Models as Guides to Policy
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Climate Modelling
- philosophy of science
- climate communication
- Philosophy of Climate Change
- Modelling Climate Policies
- Uncertainty in Climate Science
- Predicting Climate in the Real World
- Robust Model Projections
- Satellite Data and Climate Models
- Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
- climate change
- Environmental Geography
About this book
This edited collection of works by leading climate scientists and philosophers introduces readers to issues in the foundations, evaluation, confirmation, and application of climate models. It engages with important topics directly affecting public policy, including the role of doubt, the use of satellite data, and the robustness of models.
Climate Modelling provides an early and significant contribution to the burgeoning Philosophy of Climate Science field that will help to shape our understanding of these topics in both philosophy and the wider scientific context. It offers insight into the reasons we should believe what climate models say about the world but addresses the issues that inform how reliable and well-confirmed these models are.
This book will be of interest to students of climate science, philosophy of science, and of particular relevance to policy makers who depend on the models that forecast future states of the climate and ocean in order to make public policy decisions.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Elisabeth A. Lloyd is Arnold and Maxine Tanis Chair of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, USA. She specializes in the philosophy of climate science and the philosophy of evolutionary biology.
Eric Winsberg is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida. His research interests include models and simulations, the philosophy of climate science, and the philosophy of physics, as well as general philosophy of science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Modelling
Book Subtitle: Philosophical and Conceptual Issues
Editors: Elisabeth A. Lloyd, Eric Winsberg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65058-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65057-9Published: 26 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87939-0Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65058-6Published: 13 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 497
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations
Topics: Climate Change, Philosophy of Science, Environmental Geography, Climate, general, Environment Studies