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Difference between climate model and meteorological model

The scope of "meteorological model" can be very wide, and it can broadly include all models related to meteorological problems.

The following explains the difference between "climate model" and "weather model"

"Weather model" generally focuses on the weather changes in the range of several hours to several days, so it is generally necessary to solve six dry air atmospheric dynamic/thermal equations and several three-dimensional and time equations including water vapor and condensate.

A "climate model" generally focuses on climate change in several years or decades. It generally focuses on the balance of energy and components, so it is not necessary to solve a bunch of equations in three-dimensional space, and it is more common to calculate the profile of each horizontal space point.