WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
Print ISSN: 1790-5079, E-ISSN: 2224-3496
Volume 11, 2015
Parametric Sensitivity in Geoengineering and Controlling the Weather and Climate
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Abstract: From the standpoint of control theory, the Earth’s climate system (ECS) can be considered as a self-regulating feedback cybernetic system, in which the climate system itself represents control object and the role of controller is given to human operators. Mathematical modelling is one of the most suitable and reasonable instruments to study the ECS and to explore climate manipulation (geoengineering) and weather modification technologies. This is because of the extreme complexity of the ECS as physical object. Mathematical modelling allows describing large-scale interventions in the ECS parametrically. Consequently, the efficiency of geoengineering methods can be estimated by studying the sensitivity of ECS models with respect to variations in their input parameters that reflect the influence of external man-made forcing. In this paper, we will discuss the use of sensitivity analysis in climate engineering and controlling the weather and climate problems. Certain critical issues that can arise will be also considered.
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Keywords: Geoengineering, climate manipulation, weather modification, climate change, optimal control, sensitivity analysis
Pages: 289-301
WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-5079 / 2224-3496, Volume 11, 2015, Art. #32