Parker, Wendy2025-09-122025-09-122020-12-010031-8248https://hdl.handle.net/10919/137745I introduce a distinction between general and local model-data symbiosis and offer three examples of local symbiosis in the fields of meteorology and climate science. Local model-data symbiosis refers to a beneficial, two-way interdependence between a particular model and data set or between closely related models and data sets. For each example presented here, I show how the symbiotic relationship works—what the interdependence consists in and how it is supposed to be beneficial—and I consider whether, alongside the benefits, there is some risk of problematic circularity.Pages 807-81812 page(s)application/pdfenIn CopyrightArticle - Refereedhttps://doi.org/10.1086/710621875Parker, Wendy [0000-0001-7796-3401]1539-767X