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The geological record provides evidence that suggests a link between mountain uplift and changes in climate over substantial regions of the world.1 One approach to understanding the effect of mountain uplift on the evolution of climate is to investigate the role of present-day orography in determining the modern distribution of climates. A better understanding of the mechanisms by which the global distribution of mountains affects today’s climate may shed light on the changes in climate that would occur in response to changes in orography. Unfortunately, even to understand the role of modern orography presents a difficult task that is not likely to be accomplished using observations alone, because the interaction among the many components of the climate system limits our ability to isolate mountain effects from other influences such as the location, size, and shape of the continents or the spatial distribution of incoming solar radiation.
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Broccoli, A.J., Manabe, S. (1997). Mountains and Midlatitude Aridity. In: Ruddiman, W.F. (eds) Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5935-1_5
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