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Mitchell, T.D., Osborn, T.J., Raper, S.C.B., et al., 2008
“Development and illustrative outputs of the Community Integrated Assessment System (CIAS), a multi-institutional modular integrated assessment approach for modelling climate change.”
Environmental Modelling and Software, 23, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.09.002 592-610

Osborn, T.J., Raper, S.C.B. and Briffa, K.R., 2006
“Simulated climate change during the last 1000 years: comparing the ECHO-G general circulation model with the MAGICC simple climate model.”
Climate Dynamics, 27 185-197

Raper, S.C.B., and Braithwaite, R.J., 2005
“The potential for sea level rise: New estimates from glacier and ice cap area and volume distributions”
Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L05502, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021981

Raper, S.C.B., and Braithwaite, R.J., 2005
“Reply to comment by M.F. Meier et al. on "The potential for sea level rise: New estimates from glacier and ice cap area and volume distributions"”
Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L17502, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023460

Raper, S.C.B., Giorgi, F., 2005
“Climate change projections, In T.E. Lovejoy and L.Hannah (eds):”
Biodiversity and climate change, Yale

Wigley, T.M.L., and Raper, S.C.B., 2005
“Extended scenarios for glacier melt due to anthropegenic forcing.”
Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L05704, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021238

Wigley, T.M.L., Ammann, C.M., Santer, B.D., and Raper, S.C.B., 2005
“Effect of climate sensitivity on the response to volcanic forcing”
Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D09107, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005557

Braithwaite, R.J. and Raper, S.C.B., 2002
“Glaciers and their contribution to sea level change.”
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (in press)
(keywords: glaciers sea level climate change impacts global warming)

Swart, R., Mitchell, J., Morita, T. and Raper, S., 2002
“Stabilisation scenarios for climate impact assessment.”
Global Environmental Change 12, 155-165
(keywords: scenarios modelling climate change impacts)

Wigley, T.M.L.and Raper, S.C.B., 2002
“Reasons for Larger Warming Projects in the IPCC Third Assessment Report.”
American Meteorological Society, pp.2945-2952 American Meteorological Society
(keywords: global warming methodology impacts modelling scenarios)

Raper, S.C.B., Gregory, J.M. and Osborn, T.J., 2001
“Use of an upwelling-diffusion energy balance climate model to simulate and diagnose A/OGCM results.”
Climate Dynamics 17, 601-613 (R)
(keywords: modelling climate change energy A/OGCMs GCMs methodology)

Raper, S.C.B., Gregory, J.M.and Stouffer, R.J., 2001
“The role of climate sensitivity and ocean heat uptake in AOGCM transient temperature response.”
Journal of Climate 15, 124-130 American Meteorological Society.
(keywords: paper climate ocean AOGCMs GCMs modelling temperature)

Allen, M., Raper, S.C.B. and Mitchell, J., 2001
“Uncertainty in the IPCC's Third Assessment Report.”
Science 293, 431-433
(keywords: IPCC climate change global warming impacts forecasting)

Cubasch, U., Meehl, G.A., Boer, G.J., Stouffer, R.J., Dix, M., Noda, A., Senior, C.A., Raper, S.C.B.and Yap, K.S., 2001
“Projections of Future Climate Change.”
In: Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis: Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (J.T. Houghton, Y. Ding, D.J. Griggs, M. Noguer, P.J. Van der Linden, X. Dai, K. Maskell and C.A. Johnson (Eds.), pp.526-582 Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, New York).
(keywords: climate change forecasting projections modelling)

Raper, S.C.B., Gregory, J.M. and Stouffer, R.J., 2001
“The role of climate sensitivity and ocean heat uptake on AOGCM transient temperature response.”
Journal of Climate 15, 124-130
(keywords: climate change oceanology GCMs modelling temperature)

Wigley, T.M.L. and Raper, S.C.B., 2001
“Interpretation of high projections for global-mean warming.”
Science 293, 451-454
(keywords: projections forecasting global warming methodology)

Smith, D., Raper, S.C.B. and Sanchez-Arcilla, A. (Eds.), 2000
“Sea level change and coastal processes: implications for Europe.”
European Commission EUR 19337, 247pp
(keywords: sea level Europe impacts oceanography climate change global warming)

Raper, S.C.B., 2000
“Global changes in the volume and mass of the ocean.”
editor of chapter 1 in 'Sea level change and coastal processes: implications for Europe', edited by Smith, D., Raper, S.C.B., Zerbibi, S. and Sanchez-Arcilla, A. (2000). 9-80 European Commission EUR 19337.
(keywords: oceanography sea level rise global warming climate change impacts)

Viner, D., Osborn, T., Jones, P., Briffa, K., Hulme, M. and Raper, S., 2000
“Global warming: the world heats up.”
Weather 55, 144-145
(keywords: global warming climate change)

Raper, S.C.B., Brown, O. and Braithwaite, R.J., 2000
“A geometric glacier model for sea-level change calculations.”
Journal of Glaciology 46(154), 357-368 (R)
(keywords: modelling glaciology mathematical sea level methodology climate change)

Smith, S.J., Wigley, T.M.L., Nakicenovic, N. and Raper, S.C.B., 2000
“Climate implications of greenhouse gas emissions scenarios.”
Technological Forecasting and Social Change 65, 195-204
(keywords: climate change global warming scenarios impacts)

Hulme, M., Wigley, T.M.L., Barrow, E.M., Raper, S.C.B., Centella, A., Smith, S. and Chipanshi, A., 2000
“Using a climate scenario generator in vulnerability and adaptation assessments: MAGICC and SCENGEN Workbook.”
Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 60pp.
(keywords: scenarios climate change MAGICC SCENGEN)

Smith, D., Raper, S.B., Zerbibi, S. and Sanchez, A. (Eds.), 2000
“Sea level change and coastal processes: implications for Europe.”
European Commission EUR 19337, 247pp.
(keywords: sea level climate change coastal impacts Europe)

Wigley, T.M.L., Jones, P.D. and Raper, S.C.B.,, 1997
“The observed global warming record: what does it tell us. Paper presented at a colloquium entitled Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change, and held November 13-15, 1995, at the National Academy of Sciences, Irvine, CA.”
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., Vol. 94, pp.8314-8320 The National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. (R)
(keywords: global warming datasets)

Raper, S.C.B., Viner, D., Hulme, M. and Barrow, E.M., 1997
“Global warming and the British Isles.”
pp.326-339 in: Climates of the British Isles: Present, Past and Future (M. Hulme and E.M. Barrow, Eds.), 454pp Routledge, London.
(keywords: global warming climate change UK regional Europe NH impacts book)

Raper, S.C.B. and Cubasch, U., 1996
“Emulation of the results from a coupled general circulation model using a simple climate model.”
Geophysical Research Letters 23(10), 1107-1110 (R)
(keywords: GCMs modelling global warming)

Raper, S.C.B., Wigley, T.M.L. and Warrick, R.A., 1996
“Global sea-level rise: past and future.”
In: Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence: Causes, Consequences and Strategies. pp.11-45 Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. (R)
(keywords: sea level rise SLR historical forecasting impacts global methodology)

Raper, S.C.B., Briffa, K.R. and Wigley, T.M.L., 1996
“Glacier change in northern Sweden from AD 500: a simple geometric model of Storglaciaren.”
Journal of Glaciology 42, 341-352 (R)
(keywords: glaciers, reconstruction)

Hulme, M., Raper, S.C.B. and Wigley, T.M.L., 1995
“An integrated framework to address climate change (ESCAPE) and further developments of the global and regional climate modules (MAGICC).”
Energy Policy 23(4/5), 347-355 (R)
(keywords: climate change modelling GCMs methodology political)

Wigley, T.M.L. and Raper, S.C.B., 1995
“An heuristic model for sea level rise due to the melting of small glaciers.”
Geophysical Research Letters 22(20), 2749-2752 (R)
(keywords: modelling sea level glaciology global warming)

Raper, S.C.B., Briffa, K.R. and Wigley, T.M.L., 1995
“Glacier change in northern Sweden from A.D. 500: a temperature-dependent model of Storglaciaren.”
Journal of Glaciology,
(keywords: glaciology modelling temperature Europe)

Viner, D., Hulme, M. and Raper, S.C.B., 1995
“Climate change scenarios for the assessment of climate change on regional ecosystems.”
Journal of Thermal Biology 20, 175-190
(keywords: climate change scenarios regional impacts)

Hulme, M., Raper, S.C.B. and Wigley, T.M.L., 1994
“An integrated framework to address climate change (ESCAPE) and further developments of the global and regional climate modules (MAGICC).”
pp.289-308 in: Integrative Assessment of Mitigation, Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change (Eds. N. Nakicenovic, W.D. Nordhaus, R. Richels and F. Toth). 669pp. IIASA Collaborative Paper Series CP-94-9, Laxenburg, Austria.
(keywords: climate change GCMs modelling ESCAPE MAGICC)

Viner, D., Hulme, M. and Raper, S.C.B., 1994
“Climate change scenarios for impacts assessment.”
Aspects of Applied Biology 38, 13-27
(keywords: climate change scenarios impacts)

Viner, D., Hulme, M. and Raper, S.C.B., 1994
“Construction of climate change scenarios from transient climate change experiments for the IPCC Impacts Assessment.”
In: Global Climate Change: Science Policy and Mitigation Strategies (Eds. C.V. Mathai and G. Stensland), Proc. Air and Waste Management Association International Specialty Conference, April 5-8, 1994, 376-392
(keywords: climate change scenarios global warming forecasting IPCC impacts assessment)

Raper, S.C.B., Warrick, R.A. and Wigley, T.M.L., 1993
“Global sea level rise: past and future.”
In: Rising Sea Level and Subsiding Coastal Areas (Ed. J. Milliman), SCOPE Series. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Chichester (in press)
(keywords: sea level rise historical global observations forecasting prediction)

Wigley, T.M.L. and Raper, S.C.B., 1993
“Future changes in global mean temperature and sea level.”
In: Climate and Sea Level Change: Observations, Projections and Implications (Eds. R.A. Warrick, E.M. Barrow and T.M.L. Wigley), pp.111-133 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. (R)
(keywords: climate change sea level temperature global predictions scenarios)

Raper, S.C.B., 1993
“Observational data on the relationships between climatic change and the frequency and magnitude of severe tropical storms.”
pp.192-212 in: Climate and Sea Level Change: Observations, Projections and Implications (Eds. R.A. Warrick, E.M. Barrow and T.M.L. Wigley). Cambridge University Press. (R)
(keywords: observations climate change storms tropics)

Wigley, T.M.L. and Raper, S.C.B., 1993
“Global mean temperature and sea level projections under the 1992 IPCC emissions scenarios. Annex.”
In: Climate and Sea Level Change: Observations, Projections and Implications (Eds. R.A. Warrick, E.M. Barrow and T.M.L. Wigley), pp.401-404 Cambridge University Press. (R)
(keywords: global temperature sea level forecasting scenarios pollution)

Wigley, T.M.L. and Raper, S.C.B., 1992
“Implications for climate and sea level of revised IPCC emissions scenarios.”
Nature 357, 293-300 (R)
(keywords: climate change sea level scenarios impacts)

Jones, P.D., Raper, S.C.B., Cherry, B.S.G., Goodess, C.M., Wigley, T.M.L., Santer, B., Kelly, P.M., Bradley, R.S. and Diaz, H.F., 1991
“An Updated Global Grid Point Surface Air Temperature Anomaly Data Set: 1851-1990.”
ORNL/CDIAC-37, NDP-020/R1, Environmental Sciences Division Publication No.3520. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
(keywords: surface air temperature datasets historical records observations)

Raper, S.C.B. and Wigley, T.M.L., 1991
“Short-term global mean temperature and sea level change.”
In: Proc. International Workshop on Future Climate Change and Radioactive Waste Disposal, Norwich, November 1989. pp.203-213 Nirex Safety Series, NSS/R257.
(keywords: global temperature sea level radioactive waste)

Wigley, T.M.L. and Raper, S.C.B., 1991
“Detection of the enhanced greenhouse effect on climate.”
In: Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Policy. Proc. 2nd World Climate Conference (Eds. J. Jager and H.L. Ferguson), pp.231-242 Cambridge University Press. (R)
(keywords: greenhouse climate change detection statistics methodology)

Wigley, T.M.L. and Raper, S.C.B., 1991
“Internally generated variability of global-mean temperatures.”
In: Greenhouse-Gas-Induced Climatic Change: A Critical Appraisal of Simulations and Observations (Ed. M.E. Schlesinger), pp.471-482 Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam. (R)
(keywords: global temperature climate change)

Wigley, T.M.L. and Raper, S.C.B., 1990
“Climatic change due to solar irradiance changes.”
Geophysical Research Letters 17, 2169-2172 (R)
(keywords: climate change solar cycles trends)

Wigley, T.M.L. and Raper, S.C.B., 1990
“Natural variability of the climate system and detection of the greenhouse effect.”
Nature 344, 324-327 (R)
(keywords: climate change detection greenhouse warming)

Wigley, T.M.L., Jones, P.D., Kelly, P.M. and Raper, S.C.B., 1989
“Statistical significance of global warming.”
In: Proc. 13th Annual Climate Diagnostic Workshop (Ed. D.R. Rodenhuis), pp.A1-A8 NOAA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
(keywords: statistics global warming)

Jones, P.D., Wigley, T.M.L. and Raper, S.C.B., 1987
“The rapidity of CO2-induced climatic change: observations, model results and palaeo-climatic implications.”
In: Abrupt Climatic Changes - Evidence and Implications (Eds. W.H. Berger and L.D. Labeyrie), pp.47-55 D. Reidel Publ. Co., Dordrecht. (R)
(keywords: CO2 climate change observations modelling palaeo)

Wigley, T.M.L. and Raper, S.C.B., 1987
“The thermal expansion of sea water associated with global warming.”
Nature 330, 127-131 (R)
(keywords: sea level global warming greenhouse)

Jones, P.D., Raper, S.C.B. and Wigley, T.M.L., 1986b
“Southern Hemisphere surface air temperature variations: 1851-1984.”
Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 25, 1213-1230 (R)
(keywords: SH surface air temperature climate change historical)

Jones, P.D., Raper, S.C.B., Bradley, R.S., Diaz, H.F., Kelly, P.M. and Wigley, T.M.L., 1986a
“Northern Hemisphere surface air temperature variations: 1851-1984.”
Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 25, 161-179 (R)
(keywords: NH surface air temperature climate change historical)

Jones, P.D., Raper, S.C.B., Goodess, C.M., Cherry, B.S.G. and Wigley, T.M.L., 1986
“A Grid Point Surface Air Temperature Data Set for the Southern Hemisphere, 1851-1984.”
U.S. Dept. of Energy, Carbon Dioxide Research Division, Technical Report TR027 (DOE/EV/10098-6), 73pp
(keywords: surface air temperature datasets SH historical)

Jones, P.D., Raper, S.C.B., Santer, B.D., Cherry, B.S.G., Goodess, C.M., Kelly, P.M., Wigley, T.M.L., Bradley, R.S. and Diaz, H.F., 1985
“A Grid Point Surface Air Temperature Data Set for the Northern Hemisphere.”
Technical Report TRO22, 251pp U.S. Dept. of Energy, Carbon Dioxide Research Division.
(keywords: datasets surface air temperature NH)

Raper, S.C.B., Wigley, T.M.L., Mayes, P.R., Jones, P.D. and Salinger, M.J., 1984
“Variations in surface air temperatures: Part III, the Antarctic, 1957-198 2.”
Monthly Weather Review 112, 1341-1353 (R)
(keywords: surface air temperature Antarctic historical)

Raper, S.C.B., 1983
“Annual temperatures in the Antarctic, 1957-1983.”
Climate Monitor 12, No.5, 142-144 Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U K (R)
(keywords: temperature Antarctic historical datasets)

Raper, S.C.B., 1983
“Autumn temperatures in the Antarctic, 1957-1983.”
Climate Monitor 12, No.2, 44-45 Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U .K. (R)
(keywords: temperature Antarctic datasets historical)

Raper, S.C.B., 1983
“Spring temperatures in the Antarctic, 1957-1983.”
Climate Monitor 12, No.4, 115-116 Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U .K. (R)
(keywords: temperature Antarctic datasets historical)

Raper, S.C.B., 1983
“Summer temperatures in the Antarctic, 1958-1983.”
Climate Monitor 12, No.1, 15-17 Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U .K. (R)
(keywords: temperature Antarctic datasets historical)

Raper, S.C.B., 1983
“Winter temperatures in the Antarctic, 1957-1953.”
Climate Monitor 12, No.3, 76-77 (R)
(keywords: temperature Antarctic datasets historical)

Raper, S.C.B., Wigley, T.M.L., Jones, P.D., Kelly, P.M., Mayes, P.K. and Limbert, D.W.S., 1983
“Recent temperature changes in the Arctic and Antarctic.”
Nature 306, 458-459 (R)
(keywords: temperature climate change Arctic Antarctic)

Hoskins, B.J., James, I.N., White, G.H. and Raper, S.C.B., 1981
“Diagnostics of the global atmo Oric circulation from ECMWF archived analyses.”
Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling (Ed. I.D. Rutherford). Report No.2 Numerical Experimental Program GARP and WCRP.
(keywords: atmospheric circulation datasets oceanography modelling)

Raper, S.C.B., 1978
“Variations in the Incidence of Tropical Cyclones and Relationships with t he Global Circulations.”
Ph.D. Thesis, University of East Anglia, UK.
(keywords: storms global atmospheric circulation climate change)

Raper, S.C.B., 1977
“Changes in the incidence of Tropical Cyclones.”
Climate Monitor 6(5), 163-166 Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. (R)
(keywords: storms climate change)


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