Editing Climate model (section)

=== Higher-dimension models ===

The zero-dimensional model may be expanded to consider the energy transported horizontally in the atmosphere. This kind of model may well be [[Zonal and meridional|zonally]] averaged. This model has the advantage of allowing a rational dependence of local albedo and emissivity on temperature – the poles can be allowed to be icy and the equator warm – but the lack of true dynamics means that horizontal transports have to be specified.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shodor.org/master/environmental/general/energy/application.html|title=Energy Balance Models|work=shodor.org}}</ref>

Early examples include research of [[Mikhail Budyko]] and [[William D. Sellers]] who worked on the ''Budyko-Sellers model''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The effect of solar radiation variations on the climate of the Earth|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3402/tellusa.v21i5.10109|author=M.I. Budyko|journal=Tellus|year=1969|volume=21|issue=5|pages=611–619|doi=10.3402/tellusa.v21i5.10109 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=A Global Climatic Model Based on the Energy Balance of the Earth-Atmosphere System|year=1969|doi=10.1175/1520-0450(1969)008<0392:AGCMBO>2.0.CO;2|author=William D. Sellers|journal=Journal of Applied Meteorology|volume = 8|issue=3|pages=392–400|bibcode=1969JApMe...8..392S|doi-access=free}}</ref> This work also showed the role of [[climate change feedbacks|positive feedback]] in the climate system and has been considered foundational for the energy balance models since its publication in 1969.<ref name="north06" /><ref>{{cite journal|title=Twenty-five years of physical climatology|year=1990|author=J. Graham Cogley|doi=10.1016/0921-8181(90)90001-S|journal=Global and Planetary Change|volume=2|issue=3-4|pages=213–216|doi-access=}}</ref>