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  • What are the missing observations to model the Earth system as an open system?

    Posted on September 3rd, 2009 Submitted by Lefeuvre
    Categorized as Earth System Tagged as climate model, closed system, data, missing observations, open system

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    One of the main difficulties for modeling the Earth system (or sub-systems) is to idenfy and characterize all source and loss terms. As an approximation one often assumes that the system is closed or enclosed in a closed system. According to the domain which is considered, such an approximation may be wrong. More accurate observations are still needed.



 

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