A new framework provides scientists with a more precise understanding of potential evaporation from drying land surfaces.
Global climate models
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Predicting Intraseasonal to Seasonal Climate Variation
Tropical Precipitation System Workshop 2015; Yokohama, Japan, 3–4 September 2015
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Modeling Weather over Mountainous Terrain
Scientists use high-resolution models to study how the jagged terrain of the Earth's mountains influences precipitation.
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Toward Improving Decadal Climate Predictions
Aspen Global Change Institute Workshop on Decadal Climate Predictions: Improving Our Understanding of Processes and Mechanisms to Make Better Predictions; Aspen, Colorado, 7–12 June 2015
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Improving Representation of Snow on Sea Ice in Climate Models
Snow on Sea Ice Workshop; Barrow, Alaska, 29 April to 1 May 2015
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A Cooler Climate Would Trigger More Tropical Cyclones
New model reveals tropical cyclones could form at lower sea surface temperatures than previously thought.
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Circulation Models Cannot Simulate Organized Tropical Convection
Challenges in predicting and simulating the Madden-Julian Oscillation indicate a lack of understanding of the atmospheric circulation pattern's fundamental physics.