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A computer program that is used by atmospheric
scientists to study and predict world-wide trends in weather patterns and the
forces and physical laws that affect climate. The formulae are complicated and
require skilled mathematicians, atmospheric scientists, and powerful computers
for execution. Five regimes that influence climate are often taken into
consideration: atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, and pedosphere.
Atmospheric and environmental physical laws as well as principles of
thermodynamics and hydrodynamics are all used as part of the extensive
mathematical parameters for the program. The results of these models are used as
reference for other models, policy decisions, and by meteorologists.
[Climate
Change; v23: pp. 337-377: 1993.] [Climate Change; v21: pp. 345-346: 1992.]
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