Researchers report that climate models adopting a spherical, rather than flat, atmosphere are likely to reduce regional heating errors, increase the amount of sunlight intercepted, and reduce the net cooling of aerosols, suggesting that current flat-atmosphere models may be underestimating the magnitude of important climate phenomena.
Article #19-08198: "A round Earth for climate models," by Michael J. Prather and Juno C. Hsu.
MEDIA CONTACT: Michael J. Prather, University of California, Irvine, CA; e-mail: mprather@uci.edu
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Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences