The potential impacts of climate change are a major issue in the Green
house debate. Various models, and particularly IMAGE (Integrated Model
to Assess the Greenhouse Effect), are being used by the IPCC to inves
tigate climate change. The IMAGE model has been reduced to a system of
differential equations and incorporates various initial conditions an
d model parameters. These initial conditions and parameter values are
not known precisely and are subject to variability of various forms. T
his paper briefly describes the mathematical form of IMAGE and then in
vestigates the stochastic properties of the model. Particular attentio
n is paid to the propagation and amplification of assumed distribution
s for the initial conditions and certain key physical parameters. The
IMAGE model appears to be quite robust with respect to these stochasti
c characteristics.