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general circulation model
noun[ C ]
environment specializeduk /ˌdʒen.ər.əl sɜː.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən ˌmɒd.əl/ us /ˈdʒen.ər.əl ˌsɝː.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən ˌmɑː.dəl/
a computer program that considers all the processes that can cause changes in the climate(= the general weather conditions) and tries to say how the climate will change in the future:
The team has run a series of simulations using its general circulation model.
When I started my academic career, the general circulation models that we used were extremely crude.
General circulation models can provide useful forecasts of seasonal rainfall in agriculturally important regions.
We used a general circulation model to study the impacts of crop cultivation on our climate.
They used three general circulation models to predict the effects of increased emission of greenhouse gases.
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