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Checking the Models by Comparing Results to
Observations
STUDYING GREENHOUSE GASES WITH SATELLITES
The Orbiting Carbon
Observatory (OCO), scheduled to launch in February of 2009, will collect
precise global measurements of
CO2 in the atmosphere. This is useful for
model validation because a new generation of GCM's is being developed that
tracks the exchange of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere, ocean, and land,
and its effects on the Earth's climate.
Next page -> model accuracy, continued
Links and resources
STUDYING GREENHOUSE GASES WITH SATELLITES
The Orbiting Carbon
Observatory (OCO), scheduled to launch in February of 2009, will collect
precise global measurements of
CO2 in the atmosphere. This is useful for
model validation because a new generation of GCM's is being developed that
tracks the exchange of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere, ocean, and land,
and its effects on the Earth's climate. Next page -> model accuracy, continued
Links and resources
