OpenSCM Two Layer Model: A Python implementation of the two-layer climate model

Abstract

The evolution of the climate is controlled by highly complex physical dynamics. However, simplified representations are surprisingly powerful tools for understanding these dynamics (Held et al., 2010) and making climate projections (Meinshausen, Smith, et al., 2011). The field of simple climate modelling is widely used, in particular for assessing the climatic implications of large numbers of different emissions scenarios, a task that cannot be performed with more complex models because of computational constraints.