La modélisation du climat de la terre et de sa variabilité = Modeling the earth's climate and its variability : Les Houches, session LXVII, 30 June-25 July 1997

Preface. Courses. 1. The observed climate of the 20th century (E.M. Rasmusson, M. Chelliah, C.F. Ropelewski). 2. Numerical modelling of the earth's climate (L. Bengtsson). 3. Ocean modelling and the role of the ocean in the climate system (P. Delecluse, G. Madec). 4. Past climatic changes (J.-C. Duplessy). 5. Paleomyths I have known (T.J. Crowley). Specialized Courses. Seminar 1. Climate variability of a coupled ocean-atmosphere-land surface model: implication for the detection of global warming (S. Manage, R.J. Stouffer). 6. Variability of the oceanic thermohaline circulation (W.R. Holland, A. Capotondi). 7. Modeling extreme climates of the past 20,000 years with general circulation models (S. Joussaume). Seminars by participants.