Past weather can be computed from current atmospheric conditions using numerical backcasting models
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SUPPORTED
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Numerical backcasting and backward-in-time trajectory models are established atmospheric and oceanic modeling techniques used to trace prior conditions, sources, and past pathways from current observations.
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Forward-in-Time-/Backward-in-Time-Trajectory (FITT/BITT) Modeling of Particles and Organisms in the Coastal Ocean*
2006 · cited by 58
This study demonstrates that backward-in-time-trajectory (BITT) modeling can be effectively used to trace prior particle positions and origins from known destinations.
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Modeling atmospheric ammonia and ammonium using a backward-in-time stochastic Lagrangian air quality model (STILT-Chem v0.7)
2012 · cited by 0
This research shows that backward-in-time stochastic Lagrangian air quality models can successfully simulate atmospheric transport and chemical processes backward in time from receptors.
[Characteristics of Stable Isotopes in Precipitation and Their Moisture Sources in Mengzi Region, Southern Yunnan].
2016 · cited by 0
This paper uses backward trajectory models to trace historical moisture sources and atmospheric pathways associated with precipitation.