Differences between TES data and climate models are due to rainfall, evaporation and mixing processes: These processes have a significant impact on the tropical moisture budget and on trace gas transport but until recently there have been few measurements to evaluate their representation in models.
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 (Top Left Panel) TES data averaged over a year (Left Middle and Left Bottom Panel) Model estimates with different rainfall evaporation efficiencies (Right Panels) difference between model and data. Bottom right panel shows the best overall agreement |
