{"id":1924,"date":"2010-09-28T09:28:23","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T13:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2010-09-28T09:28:23","modified_gmt":"2010-09-28T13:28:23","slug":"epistemology-of-climate-modeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.easterbrook.ca\/steve\/2010\/09\/epistemology-of-climate-modeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Epistemology of Climate Modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This will keep me occupied with good reads for the next few weeks &#8211; this month&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"Stud. in Hist. and Phil. of Science B, vol 41 issue 3, Sept 2010\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=PublicationURL&amp;_tockey=%23TOC%236058%232010%23999589996%232436735%23FLA%23&amp;_cdi=6058&amp;_pubType=J&amp;view=c&amp;_auth=y&amp;_acct=C000046800&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=870092&amp;md5=f8035a74a3c1ed7be7b7c0d2519277d1\" target=\"_blank\">issue of the Journal Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics is a special on climate modeling<\/a>. Here&#8217;s the table of contents:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Matthias Heymann (guest editor&#8217;s introduction):\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VH6-51066R4-1&amp;_user=870092&amp;_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=2&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=browse&amp;_origin=browse&amp;_zone=rslt_list_item&amp;_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236058%232010%23999589996%232436735%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;_cdi=6058&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_ct=11&amp;_acct=C000046800&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=870092&amp;md5=1439bef46b4c2ffa9b872d9f11ad97f9&amp;searchtype=a\">Understanding and misunderstanding computer simulation: The case of atmospheric and climate science\u2014An introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vladimir Jankovic:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VH6-50WXYC4-1&amp;_user=870092&amp;_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=3&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=browse&amp;_origin=browse&amp;_zone=rslt_list_item&amp;_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236058%232010%23999589996%232436735%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;_cdi=6058&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_ct=11&amp;_acct=C000046800&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=870092&amp;md5=62902d402809747372095b19245aea88&amp;searchtype=a\">Climates as commodities: Jean Pierre Purry and the modelling of the best climate on Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Spencer Weart:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VH6-50S8C4F-1&amp;_user=870092&amp;_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=4&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=browse&amp;_origin=browse&amp;_zone=rslt_list_item&amp;_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236058%232010%23999589996%232436735%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;_cdi=6058&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_ct=11&amp;_acct=C000046800&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=870092&amp;md5=44592835a9247366ae32ffba471562f6&amp;searchtype=a\">The development of general circulation models of climate<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Matthias Heymann:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VH6-50X56TR-1&amp;_user=870092&amp;_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=5&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=browse&amp;_origin=browse&amp;_zone=rslt_list_item&amp;_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236058%232010%23999589996%232436735%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;_cdi=6058&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_ct=11&amp;_acct=C000046800&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=870092&amp;md5=2b35b34da641bd3423660530b8dc1ede&amp;searchtype=a\">Lumping, testing, tuning: The invention of an artificial chemistry in atmospheric transport modeling<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gabriele Gramelsberger:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VH6-50SGB4X-2&amp;_user=870092&amp;_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=6&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=browse&amp;_origin=browse&amp;_zone=rslt_list_item&amp;_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236058%232010%23999589996%232436735%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;_cdi=6058&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_ct=11&amp;_acct=C000046800&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=870092&amp;md5=485e55713e94d9aa28224e3d7206248e&amp;searchtype=a\">Conceiving processes in atmospheric models\u2014General equations, subscale parameterizations, and \u2018superparameterizations\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Guillemot:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VH6-50SGB4X-1&amp;_user=870092&amp;_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=7&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=browse&amp;_origin=browse&amp;_zone=rslt_list_item&amp;_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236058%232010%23999589996%232436735%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;_cdi=6058&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_ct=11&amp;_acct=C000046800&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=870092&amp;md5=c208f7abf2b3a3f2eb5791d4cb9a7f78&amp;searchtype=a\">Connections between simulations and observation in climate computer modeling. Scientist\u2019s practices and \u201cbottom-up epistemology\u201d lessons<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Johannes Lenhard, Eric Winsberg:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VH6-50TYH7G-1&amp;_user=870092&amp;_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=8&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=browse&amp;_origin=browse&amp;_zone=rslt_list_item&amp;_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236058%232010%23999589996%232436735%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;_cdi=6058&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_ct=11&amp;_acct=C000046800&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=870092&amp;md5=a799d844f16e81b73f25ab9d69d9e7c7&amp;searchtype=a\">Holism, entrenchment, and the future of climate model pluralism<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wendy S. Parker:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VH6-50V0T15-1&amp;_user=870092&amp;_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=9&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=browse&amp;_origin=browse&amp;_zone=rslt_list_item&amp;_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236058%232010%23999589996%232436735%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;_cdi=6058&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_ct=11&amp;_acct=C000046800&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=870092&amp;md5=86b1fc1b7955c6a1c13c96d64ad04d1d&amp;searchtype=a\">Predicting weather and climate: Uncertainty, ensembles and probability<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mikaela Sundberg:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VH6-50S2DGS-1&amp;_user=870092&amp;_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=10&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=browse&amp;_origin=browse&amp;_zone=rslt_list_item&amp;_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236058%232010%23999589996%232436735%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;_cdi=6058&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_ct=11&amp;_acct=C000046800&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=870092&amp;md5=cd0e87ca3eab9f6a40f9ef5f2ff77231&amp;searchtype=a\">Cultures of simulations vs. cultures of calculations? The development of simulation practices in meteorology and astrophysics<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amy Dahan:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VH6-513F5D6-1&amp;_user=870092&amp;_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=11&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=browse&amp;_origin=browse&amp;_zone=rslt_list_item&amp;_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236058%232010%23999589996%232436735%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&amp;_cdi=6058&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_ct=11&amp;_acct=C000046800&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=870092&amp;md5=a95c61f814917759795ce52020a492fe&amp;searchtype=a\">Putting the Earth System in a numerical box? The evolution from climate modeling toward global change<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some very provocative titles there. I&#8217;m curious to see how much their observations cohere with my own&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will keep me occupied with good reads for the next few weeks &#8211; this month&#8217;s\u00a0issue of the Journal Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics is a special on climate modeling. 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