General Circulation Models (GCM)

A) use data collected exclusively from high-resolution satellites.
B) use spectral models derived from energy released from the earth and clouds.
C) can be run on powerful home computers, allowing citizen scientists to run models.
D) use complicated two-dimensional grid systems that change temporally.


B) use spectral models derived from energy released from the earth and clouds.

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