National Center for Atmospheric Research Releases New Version of Premier Global Climate Model.

(From AScribe)

BOULDER, Colo. -- The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) on June 23 is unveiling a powerful new version of a supercomputer-based system to model Earth's climate and project global temperature rise in coming decades. Scientists will contribute results from the new system to the next assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an international research body that advises policymakers on the likely impacts of climate change.

The system, known as the Community Climate System Model, version 3 (CCSM3), indicates in a preliminary finding that global temperatures may rise more than the previous version had projected if societies continue to emit large …