A question about the parameters/constants entering climate models

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Can someone point out to a resource where would be provided a list and description of the constants/parameters used in modern climate models. And the values used with their uncertainties.
(PS: I know that any question related to global warming tends to trigger some people, I was called dumb the last time I asked a scientific question here. If you can't discuss climate models without getting snarky, please don't respond).
 
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The latest book of Lawrence Krauss, the physics of climate change. Begins from simple models and elaborates.
 
hacivat said:
The latest book of Lawrence Krauss, the physics of climate change. Begins from simple models and elaborates.
Thank you.
 
nrqed said:
Can someone point out to a resource where would be provided a list and description of the constants/parameters used in modern climate models. And the values used with their uncertainties.

That's quite a large topic due to the different models regularly used for different purposes (climate modelling is a very wide field, far beyond global warming issue). Krauss' book is indeed a good one, I also suggest this one to start but it won't satisfy all your needs :
Farmer, G. T., & Cook, J. (2013). Climate change science: A modern synthesis: Volume 1 - The physical climate. Springer.

Personally I would start with older references about older models because it would be simpler and more explicit. Something like this:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-009-3041-4

Or this one:
https://www.elsevier.com/books/general-circulation-model-development/randall/978-0-12-578010-0