HR: 12:05h
AN: B32A-08 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: Earth System Modeling: An Integrated View of Planetary Behavior
AU: * Brasseur, G P
EM: brasseur@dkrz.de
AF: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstrasse, 55, Hamburg, 20146 Germany
AB: Earth System Models (ESMs) are designed to assess how interactive processes between the different components of the Earth System influence the variations and trends that affect the planet and will continue to do so in the future. These models account for a variety of complex interlinked processes and provide a integrated view of the Earth system behavior. A major challenge for the next generation models will be to account for feedbacks associated with societal behavior. The paper will review recent progress made in the development of ESMs, highlight difficulties, and provide some insight on future challenges for the modeling community.
DE: 0400 Biogeosciences
SC: Biogeosciences [B]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting