{% extends "base.html" %} {% block content %} <h3>Model Details</h3> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>CCCMA CGCM 3.1</dt> <dd> Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis – General Circulation Model version 3.1 - t47 </dd> <dt>MPI ECHAM 5</dt> <dd> Max Planck Institute for Meteorology – European Centre Hamburg Model 5 </dd> <dt>GFDL CM 2.1</dt> <dd> Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory – Coupled Climate Model 2.1 </dd> <dt>UKMO HADCM 3.0</dt> <dd> UK Met Office - Hadley Centre – Coupled Model 3.0 </dd> <dt>MIROC 3.2</dt> <dd> Center for Climate System Research – Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate (medium resolution) </dd> <dt>5 Model Average</dt> <dd> A composite of the five models listed above </dd> </dl> <h3>Emission Scenario Details (from <a href="http://www.snap.uaf.edu/faq.php#faq_4">SNAP</a>)</h3> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>Scenario A1B</dt> <dd> <ul> <li>Rapid economic growth</li> <li>A global population that reaches 9 billion in 2050 and then gradually declines</li> <li>The quick spread of new and efficient technologies</li> <li>A convergent world - income and way of life converge between regions</li> <li>Extensive social and cultural interactions worldwide</li> <li>A balanced emphasis on all energy sources</li> </ul> </dd> <dt>Scenario B1</dt> <dd> <ul> <li>Rapid economic growth as in A1B, but with rapid changes towards a service and information economy</li> <li>Population rising to 9 billion in 2050 and then declining as in A1</li> <li>Reductions in material intensity and the introduction of clean and resource efficient technologies</li> <li>An emphasis on global solutions to economic, social and environmental stability</li> </ul> </dd> <dt>Scenario A2</dt> <dd> <ul> <li>A world of independently operating, self-reliant nations</li> <li>Continuously increasing population</li> <li>Regionally oriented economic development</li> <li>Slower and more fragmented technological changes and improvements to per capita income</li> </ul> </dd> </dl> {% endblock %}