Limitations of the TCRE: Transient Climate Response to Cumulative Emissions

17 Pages Posted: 18 Jul 2017

Date Written: July 12, 2017

Abstract

Observed correlations between cumulative emissions and cumulative changes in climate variables form the basis of the Transient Climate Response to Cumulative Emissions (TCRE) function. The TCRE is used to make forecasts of future climate scenarios based on different emission pathways and thereby to derive their policy implications for climate action. Inaccuracies in these forecasts likely derive from a statistical weakness in the methodology used. The limitations of the TCRE are related to its reliance on correlations between cumulative values of time series data. Time series of cumulative values contain neither time scale nor degrees of freedom. Their correlations are spurious. No conclusions may be drawn from them.

Keywords: Climate Change, Global Warming, Fossil Fuel Emissions, Carbon Dioxide, Atmospheric CO2, Surface Temperature, TCRE, Transient Climate Response to Cumulative Emissions, Emission Pathways, Climate Scenarios

Suggested Citation

Munshi, Jamal, Limitations of the TCRE: Transient Climate Response to Cumulative Emissions (July 12, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3000932 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3000932

Jamal Munshi (Contact Author)

Sonoma State University ( email )

1801 East Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
United States

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