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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Statistical approximation of high-dimensional climate models
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Alena Miftakhova
  • Kenneth L. Judd
  • Thomas S. Lontzek
  • Karl Schmedders
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Journal of Econometrics
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0304-4076
Volume 214
Number 1
Page Range 67 - 80
Date 2020
Abstract Text We propose a general emulation method for constructing low-dimensional approximations of complex dynamic climate models. Our method uses artificially designed uncorrelated CO2 emissions scenarios, which are much better suited for the construction of an emulator than are conventional emissions scenarios. We apply our method to the climate model MAGICC to approximate the impact of emissions on global temperature. Comparing the temperature forecasts of MAGICC and our emulator, we show that the average relative out-of-sample forecast errors in the low-dimensional emulation models are below 2%. Our emulator offers an avenue to merge modern macroeconomic models with complex dynamic climate models.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.jeconom.2019.05.005
Other Identification Number merlin-id:18047
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