Tag Archives: GCM

What Is The Surface Area Of A Cloud?

Posted on 14 July 2018 by E.M.Smith

What is the surface area of a cloud? Bear in mind they are fractal in general shape. Continue reading →

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Weather Without Mountains Averaged Gives Climate Without Reality

Posted on 12 March 2018 by E.M.Smith

How can you get model weather right if you can not model wind / mountain interactions? If you can not model weather right, how can you get climate (as an average of weather) right? Older models clearly are not fine grid enough. Current models likely inadequate also. Continue reading →

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Interesting Discussion on Models

Posted on 14 December 2017 by E.M.Smith

Evaluating Models and how to describe the Earth in math, as a problem set. Some musings. Continue reading →

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Liking the MPAS code Much More than Model II or ModelE

Posted on 30 November 2017 by E.M.Smith

A quick first impression on the MPAS codes for weather and climate modeling. Continue reading →

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