A Review on Evaluation Methods of Climate Modeling

There is scientific progress in the evaluation methods of recent Earth system models (ESMs). Methods range from single variable to multi-variables, multi-processes, multi-phenomena quantitative evaluations in five layers (spheres) of the Earth system, from climatic mean assessment to climate change (such as trends, periodicity, interdecadal variability), extreme values, abnormal characters and quantitative evaluations of phenomena, from qualitative assessment to quantitative calculation of reliability and uncertainty for model simulations. Researchers started considering independence and similarity between models in multi-model use, as well as the quantitative evaluation of climate prediction and projection effect and the quantitative uncertainty contribution analysis. In this manuscript, the simulations and projections by both CMIP5 and CMIP3 that have been published after 2007 are reviewed and summarized.CitationZhao, Z.-C., Y. Luo, and J.-B. Huang, 2013: A review on evaluation methods of climate modeling. Adv. Clim. Change Res., 4(3), doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1248.2013.137.