Review the development
of atmospheric models for use in weather prediction and climate studies on all scales, including the diagnosis of shortcomings.
In the
context of atmospheric models, clouds are one of the most difficult things to represent realistically when the model needs to cover the entire planet.
Filling in all these details will make it possible to refine the
accuracy of atmospheric models and help to assess such things as strategies to mitigate specific air pollution issues, from ozone to particulate matter, or to assess the sources and removal mechanisms of atmospheric components that affect Earth's climate.
«A
lot of atmospheric models for Mars are very simple,» says Dan Cziczo, the Victor P. Starr Associate Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at MIT.
One source responded to Christy's testimony, concluding that «John Christy has added to the
science of atmospheric modeling, but he has undercut his credibility by making claims far exceeding his data and by ignoring findings that disagree with his arguments.
The institute's early study of the Earth and planetary atmospheres using data collected by satellites, space probes, and space probes eventually led to GISS becoming a leading
center of atmospheric modeling and of climate change.
In particular, initial
stages of atmospheric model development often take place without coupling to an ocean model, running instead over observed sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and sea ice extent.