Accurate numerical solutions for Daisyworld

被引:4
作者
Isakari, Shirley M. [1 ]
Somerville, Richard C. J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
基金
美国国家航空航天局; 美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1111/j.1600-0889.1989.tb00324.x
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
The numerical solutions of the Daisyworld model of Watson and Lovelock contain significant quantitative errors. We give accurate numerical solutions for the same cases. We also show how the errors may have been caused by failure to enforce computational constraints such as strict tests of steadiness. The errors which we find do not qualitatively alter the main conclusions of Watson and Lovelock, but they illustrate a peril. The Daisyworld model is an example of a mathematical system which is too idealized to be compared with observations but too complex to be solved analytically. Such systems can be probed only by numerical simulations, so it is crucial that the computations be trustworthy.
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页码:478 / 482
页数:5
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