Category
page 1Numerical climate and weather models
carbon cycle
biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere
climate change mitigation
actions to limit climate change in order to reduce the risks of global warming
climate model
quantitative methods used to simulate climate
general circulation model
type of climate model
numerical weather prediction
uses mathematical models of the atmosphere and oceans to predict the weather based on current weather conditions
Earth Simulator
highly parallel vector supercomputer system for running global climate models

climateprediction.net
'climateprediction.net (CPDN') is a volunteer computing project to investigate and reduce uncertainties in climate modelling. It aims to do this by running hundreds of thousands of different models (a large climate ensemble) using the donated idle time of ordinary personal computers, thereby leading to a better understanding of how models are affected by small changes in the many parameters known to influence the global climate.
Data assimilation
technique for updating numerical model with observed data

backtesting
Backtesting is a term used in modeling to refer to testing a predictive model on historical data. Backtesting is a type of retrodiction, and a special type of cross-validation applied to previous time period(s). In quantitative finance, backtesting is an important step before deploying algorithmic strategies in live markets.
Exner function
parameter in atmospheric modeling
Probability of precipitation
chance of rain
Ensemble forecasting
statistical technique that combines multiple predictive models
C4MIP
C4MIP (more fully, Coupled Climate Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project) is a joint project between the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). It is a model intercomparison project along the lines of the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project, but for global climate models that include an interactive carbon cycle .
Met Office Hadley Centre
British research institute
Coupled model intercomparison project
Collaboration for climate change study
Mars general circulation model
model of atmospheric circulation on Mars
meteorological reanalysis
scientific procedure for the creation of meteorological data sets
HIRLAM
HIRLAM, the High Resolution Limited Area Model, is a Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) forecast system developed by the international HIRLAM programme.
geodesic grid
technique used to model the surface of a sphere with a subdivided polyhedron