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 Dew-Point Lifting Condensation Level (LCL), as calculated from surface conditions in the tropics, can act as an anchor for the lower and middle troposphere. ThisContinue reading “Testing the Dew-Point Anchor Hypothesis”
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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?
