This community is dedicated to the Dew-Point Anchor Hypothesis — a complementary framework for understanding planetary atmospheres.
The central idea is that, in any atmosphere with a condensable volatile, the altitude of the Lifting Condensation Level (LCL) — or its equivalent frost-point level on other planets — acts as the primary, observable thermodynamic anchor. Once fixed by fundamental physics, this level determines the vertical thermal structure, making surface temperature and surface pressure dependent variables governed by the adiabatic lapse rate and hydrostatic equilibrium.
The community welcomes deposits of papers, technical notes, datasets, model outputs, and discussion materials related to this hypothesis. It aims to foster open, evidence-based scientific debate across geoscience, atmospheric physics, climate modelling, and planetary science.
All contributions are welcome, provided they are civil, properly referenced, and advance understanding of the role of condensation physics in atmospheric structure.