FAIR v1.3: a simple emissions-based impulse response and carbon cycle model

Smith, Christopher J.; Forster, Piers M.; Allen, Myles; Leach, Nicholas; Millar, Richard J.; Passerello, Giovanni A.; Regayre, Leighton A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2273-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2273-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2273-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

Model description paper

|

18 Jun 2018

Model description paper |

| 18 Jun 2018

FAIR v1.3: a simple emissions-based impulse response and carbon cycle model

Christopher J. Smith, Piers M. Forster, Myles Allen, Nicholas Leach, Richard J. Millar, Giovanni A. Passerello, and Leighton A. Regayre

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2273-2018-supplement

Model code and software

FAIR - Finite Amplitude Impulse Response Model (multi-forcing version) C. Smith, R. Millar, Z. Nicholls, M. Allen, P. Forster, N. Leach, G. Passerello, and L. Regayre https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1247898

Oxford Martin School Net Zero Carbon Investment Initiative OMS https://github.com/OMS-NetZero/FAIR

Short summary

FAIR v1.3 is a simple Python-based climate model emulator. It takes emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosol and ozone precursors to calculate radiative forcing and temperature change. It includes a simple representation of carbon cycle feedbacks due to temperature and accumulated carbon uptake. Large ensembles can be run with minimal computational expense for any user-specified emissions pathway. We produce such an ensemble using the RCP emissions datasets.