2007-07-21 08:06:54 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
I want to know if it's a good idea to move to Florida or not..completely selfish reason to ask ..I know
2007-07-21 08:28:36 · update #1
I haven't tried it but this seems interesting.
http://edgcm.columbia.edu/
I know IPCC has some estimates.
http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/Report/AR4WG1_Pub_Ch11.pdf P.887 - 891.
And I'v seen one (pictures) at NASA, but I couldn't find it.
2007-07-21 09:30:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anders 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Accurate climate models require some of the most powerful supercomputers available in order to run them as they need to perform trillions of calculations per second. There are simplified models available for personal use, none of them are particularly straightforward.
I'd recommend Precis, it's from the Hadley Centre (part of the UK's Met Office) but you need Linux (not Windows) to run it on. Failing that try the CM2 model from the GFDL (part of the NOAA)
http://precis.metoffice.com/
http://nomads.gfdl.noaa.gov/CM2.X/
Other sites with info and downloadable models include...
http://edgcm.columbia.edu/about/project/edgcm.html
http://www.cccma.bc.ec.gc.ca/eng_index.shtml
http://dapper.pmel.noaa.gov/dchart/index.html?dsetid=93b78b8388a7c6989e5abe91d9479a1
http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu/models/
http://www.climateprediction.net/
Let me know of you want specific info, I use the supercomputer type climate models and can run a simulation for you.
As for moving to Florida - not a problem. It will be a long, long time before it's underwater; I'm talking many thousands of years.
2007-07-21 22:12:02 · answer #2 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've worked with computers since the early 1960s. There is no such model which is reliable. None have ever produced projections which actual come true.
2007-07-21 15:35:28 · answer #3 · answered by Randy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Florida should be fine for at least another 40 years, except that it will be hit by increasingly stronger hurricanes.
http://www.livescience.com/environment/ap_050731_hurricanes_stronger.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Global_Warming_Predictions.png
2007-07-21 17:40:20 · answer #4 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
watch The Day After Tomorrow .. pretty good movie.
2007-07-21 15:14:18 · answer #5 · answered by ghostman256 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You might try the IPCC AR 4 report. I hear they have several.
http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html
2007-07-21 18:28:26 · answer #6 · answered by SomeGuy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋