(1D) Oceans Model

The living conditions on earth are determined by the solar irradiation and the resulting mild temperatures. Often this effect is referred to as the Greenhouse effect.  This applet shows the effects of a model developed by Hoffert et al.: "The Role of Deep Sea Heat Storage in the Secular Response to Climate Forcing", Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 85, 6667-6679, 1980. This model has been modified by R. van Dorland and A. van Ulden of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute.
The applet has been developed by Pepijn de Vries. The project was supervised by Prof. dr. E. Boeker and dr. H.J.W. Spoelder
A short description of the theory behind this model can be found here.
A short description of the different modes of the applet can be found here.

The default setting of the radiative forcing is the volcanic forcing over the last century, which makes a nice graph. You may select another forcing, for example a constant forcing, or edit a forcing. The ocean is divided in 10 layers shown on the left. The animation, bottom left, is started by pushing the button; it gives the time dependence of the results of the forcing of the 10 layers.