Abstract

Two general circulation models forced by mean annual insolation and having an energy balance ocean have been run on an Earth with polar continents and a tropical continent. Polar continents produce strong meridional temperature gradients and a maximum hydrological cycle. A tropical continent produces the warmest planet and a minimal hydrological cycle. Both models produce more arid continents than exist today.

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