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Atmospheric Science

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The Lightness of Water Vapor Adds Heft to Global Climate Models

  • by Kat Kerlin
A study from the University of California, Davis, and published in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that air temperature and cloud cover are strongly influenced by the buoyancy effect of water vapor, an effect currently neglected in some leading global climate models.
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