Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μοντέλο Γενικής Κυκλοφορίας	Μοντέλο SWAT
Πεδίο	Γεωφυσική	Γεωφυσική
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1975	1998
Δημιουργός	Syukuro Manabe and Richard Wetherald	Jeff Arnold and others at USDA-ARS
Τύπος	Deterministic coupled atmosphere-ocean simulation	Process-based watershed and water quality simulation
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Manabe, S., & Wetherald, R. T. (1975). The effects of doubling the CO2 concentration on the climate of a general circulation model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 32(1), 3-15.	Arnold, J. G., Srinivasan, R., Muttiah, R. S., & Williams, J. R. (1998). Large area hydrologic modeling and assessment part I: Model development. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 34(1), 73-89.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	GCM, Global Climate Model	SWAT
Συναφείς	3	3
Σύνοψη	A General Circulation Model (GCM), also called a Global Climate Model, is a three-dimensional numerical representation of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, ice, and land surface that simulates physical processes governing weather and climate. Pioneered by Manabe and Wetherald in 1975, GCMs are the primary tools for understanding past climate, projecting future climate change, and investigating climate sensitivity to greenhouse gases and other forcings.	The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a process-based watershed model that simulates the hydrological cycle, sediment transport, nutrient cycling, pesticide fate, and land management impacts across a watershed or large basin. Developed by Jeff Arnold and colleagues at USDA-ARS in 1998, SWAT has become a standard tool for evaluating non-point source pollution, assessing climate change impacts on water resources, and designing best management practices.