It has always been a bit of a mystery why the IPCC CMIP models reproduce the tropospheric temperature profile so poorly, here we try and explain the problem.
Tag: Moist adiabatic theory
Testing the Dew-Point Anchor Hypothesis
By Andy May and Philip Mulholland Earlier this year Philip Mulholland published the details of his Dew-Point Anchor Hypothesis or “DPAH” (Mulholland P. , 2026a). The hypothesis assumes that the…
The Moist-Adiabatic Theory vs. Reality
Climate models rely very heavily on moist adiabatic assumptions, which contributes to the persistent model-observation mismatch in the tropics, why?