MAGICC

Principal documentation:

• Wigley, T.M.L. 1994. MAGICC (Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse-gas Induced Climate Change): User's Manual and Scientific Reference Manual. Boulder, Colo.: National Center for Atmospheric Research.
  1. Introduction -- description of the MAGICC model.
  2. A Teaching Example -- basics on running the model.
  3. Additional Operational Items -- editing and modifying model inputs.
  4. Scientific Details -- trace-gas components included in the model.
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. References
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Additional documentation:

• Wigley, T.M.L. and S.C.B. Raper. 1987. Thermal expansion of sea water associated with global warming. Nature 330: 127-131.
  1. Abstract/Introduction
  2. The model -- brief description of the model and model parameters.
  3. Past temperature and sea-level changes -- model validation techniques.
  4. Response to short-timescale forcing -- how short-term variations in climate affect sea level.
  5. Future thermal expansion effects -- future scenarios and uncertainties.
  6. Conclusions
  7. References
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• Wigley, T.M.L. and S.C.B. Raper. 1992. Implications for climate and sea level of revised IPCC emissions scenarios. Nature 357: 293-300.
  1. Abstract/Introduction
  2. Concentrations and radiative forcing
  3. Temperature changes to 1990
  4. Future temperature and sea level
  5. Conclusions
  6. References
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For a discussion of methane see

• Osborn, T.J. and T.M.L. Wigley. 1994. A simple model for estimating methane concentration and lifetime variations. Climate Dynamics 9: 181-193.
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For a discussion of the carbon cycle see

• Wigley, T.M.L. 1991. A simple inverse carbon cycle model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 5: 373-382.
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• Wigley, T.M.L. 1993. Balancing the carbon budget: Implications for projections of future carbon dioxide concentration changes. Tellus 45B: 409-425.
  1. Abstract
  2. Introduction
  3. Carbon cycle modeling
  4. The carbon cycle model
  5. Explaining past concentration changes
  6. History of the "missing sink"
  7. Future concentration changes
  8. Conclusions
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Appendix A
  11. Appendix B
  12. REFERENCES
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MAGICC was developed at the Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, UK. Direct inquiries to the following address:

Dr. T.M.L. Wigley
NCAR/UCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307

Tel: (303)-497-2690
e-mail: wigley@ncar.ucar.edu

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