Sentences with phrase «cloud in climate models»

The simulation of clouds in climate models remains challenging.

The difference affects how scientists represent clouds in climate models.

However I've seen the error potential in the treatment of clouds in climate models and it is huge.

Why It Matters: To understand convective clouds in climate models, the tall and turbulent storm clouds promising rain, scientists need to describe the strong forces within them.

Accurately representing clouds in climate models is key to improving the accuracy of predicted changes to the climate.

What's Next: With this new knowledge of the complex interactions between dynamic and microphysical processes in mixed - phase clouds, researchers can improve the representation of these clouds in climate models.

So, it is very important to more accurately represent these clouds in climate models,» said Dr. Jiwen Fan, a PNNL atmospheric scientist who led the research team.

However, the simulation of clouds in climate models has shown modest improvement relative to models available at the time of the AR4, and this has been aided by new evaluation techniques and new observations for clouds.