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I would like to understand the math behind it, and maybe write an own climate simulator program. I know, that it is a really hard subject. But I'm curious, and I would like to learn more about it. But I cannot really find articles about it. I just need hints, where to start.

With the following input parameters:

  • Type of sun/suns
  • Details of the orbit
  • Rotation/size/composition of the planet
  • Atmosphere details
  • Terrain (heightmap)
  • liquid on the planet ( for example water )

I would like to calculate, that how will this planet likely look like, and find out some details about it's climate.

There was a similar question, but it was not answered: How can I make a simple climate simulator?

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  • The question you linked was closed as "too broad" for this site, and I am afraid the same fate will befall this one. Because a good answer to this question would fill a book. – Floris Sep 19 '16 at 20:54
  • I am not looking for exact answers. I just want to know, where should I start – Iter Ator Sep 19 '16 at 21:16
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    Climate models are complicated -- really complicated. To make a start you will need a degree in a very numerate discipline (Physics is good) and then some postgraduate qualification in meteorology so you can make sense of the literature, and numerical methods / programming. Then start with some reasonable numerical climate modelling text (I could find some suggestions) and work into the literature. You will need a supercomputer. –  Sep 19 '16 at 21:27
  • If you are willing to ignore details, you can simply integrate the energy received from the sun - minus the energy emitted from earth through infrared heat radiation. Next you'd try to find a correlation between various factors, and the infrared heat radiation. Hint (amount of CO2, methane and other climate gases correlate greatly). – frodeborli Nov 25 '19 at 12:26

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Looking a bit into this I can tell you that even the best groups in the world can not do all of what you wanted with your bullet points: The problem is extremly complex: even if you could model a system with such a parameter space: simulation would be extremly expensive because of the extremly complex physics and high resolution required.

I do not know how much you researched this so maybe the following points are not new to you: You could search for "Exoplanet clima simulation" or "General Circulation Model/Global Climate Models (GCM)", "NASA/GISS general circulation model (GCM)".

Here would be one presentation on exoplanet clima simulations and in it are references for further reading: http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/exoclimes/2010/talks/Forget_exoclimes10.pdf.

Here an article about NASA Climate Studies Part 1/Part 2 and related Simulating Martian Weather with the GISS GCM.

This would be the webpage of NASA Global Climate Modeling.

The above links/topics could be some points to start from. There seems to be much on the internet about that topic, but it does not look like a very easy topic to get into.

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