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Model description paper
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Model description paper |
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SURFER v2.0: a flexible and simple model linking anthropogenic CO2 emissions and solar radiation modification to ocean acidification and sea level rise
Marina Martínez Montero
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Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Michel Crucifix
Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Victor Couplet
Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Nuria Brede
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
Department of Computer Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Nicola Botta
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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Short summary
We present SURFER, a lightweight model that links CO2 emissions and geoengineering to ocean acidification and sea level rise from glaciers, ocean thermal expansion and Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. The ice sheet module adequately describes the tipping points of both Greenland and Antarctica. SURFER is understandable, fast, accurate up to several thousands of years, capable of emulating results obtained by state of the art models and well suited for policy analyses.
We present SURFER, a lightweight model that links CO2 emissions and geoengineering to ocean...
