Direct observations of the multi-year seasonal mean diurnal variations of TOA cloud radiative forcing over tropics using Megha-Tropiques-ScaRaB/3
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DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05441-w
Abstract: Diurnal variation of cloud radiative forcing (CRF) is a major factor that controls the global radiation balance. This study presents multi-year seasonal mean diurnal variations of longwave cloud radiative forcing (LWCRF) and daytime shortwave cloud… read more here.
Keywords: cloud radiative; diurnal variations; radiative forcing; usepackage ... See more keywords
Turbulence Effects on Precipitation and Cloud Radiative Properties in Shallow Cumulus: an Investigation Using the WRF-LES Model Coupled with Bin Microphysics
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DOI: 10.1007/s13143-018-0012-4
Abstract: Using the large-eddy simulation version of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model coupled with a detailed bin microphysics scheme, the effects of turbulence-induced collision enhancement (TICE) on precipitation and cloud radiative properties in shallow… read more here.
Keywords: cloud radiative; radiative properties; shallow cumulus; properties shallow ... See more keywords
A Further Study on the Simulation of Cloud-Radiative Feedbacks in the ENSO Cycle in the Tropical Pacific with a Focus on the Asymmetry
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DOI: 10.1007/s13143-018-0064-5
Abstract: The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle has been used as a surrogate to gauge the accuracy of simulated cloud-radiative feedbacks. However, previous studies have largely ignored the potential differences in the cloud response to sea… read more here.
Keywords: cloud radiative; radiative feedbacks; warm phase; enso cycle ... See more keywords
Responses of Cloud-Radiative Forcing to Strong El Niño Events over the Western Pacific Warm Pool as Simulated by CAMS-CSM
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DOI: 10.1007/s13351-020-9161-3
Abstract: Cloud-radiative forcing (CRF) at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) over the western Pacific warm pool (WP) shows unique characteristics in response to El Niño events. In this region, the responses of CRF to El… read more here.
Keywords: cloud radiative; western pacific; radiative forcing; pacific warm ... See more keywords
Band‐by‐Band Contributions to the Longwave Cloud Radiative Feedbacks
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DOI: 10.1029/2019gl083466
Abstract: Cloud radiative feedback is central to our projection of future climate change. It can be estimated using the cloud radiative kernel (CRK) method or adjustment method. This study, for the first time, examines the contributions… read more here.
Keywords: band contributions; cloud radiative; band; longwave cloud ... See more keywords
Atmospheric circulation of brown dwarfs and directly imaged exoplanets driven by cloud radiative feedback: effects of rotation
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab060
Abstract: Observations of brown dwarfs (BDs), free-floating planetary-mass objects, and directly imaged extrasolar giant planets (EGPs) exhibit rich evidence of large-scale weather. Understanding the mechanisms driving the vigorous atmospheric circulation of BDs and directly imaged EGPs… read more here.
Keywords: atmospheric circulation; cloud radiative; circulation; rotation ... See more keywords
How Well Are Clouds Simulated over Greenland in Climate Models? Consequences for the Surface Cloud Radiative Effect over the Ice Sheet
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DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-18-0023.1
Abstract: Using lidar and radiative flux observations from space and ground, and a lidar simulator, we evaluate clouds simulated by climate models over the Greenland ice sheet, including predicted cloud cover, cloud fraction profile, cloud opacity,… read more here.
Keywords: cloud radiative; ice sheet; climate; effect ... See more keywords
The Signature of Shallow Circulations, Not Cloud Radiative Effects, in the Spatial Distribution of Tropical Precipitation
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DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-18-0230.1
Abstract: Recent research suggests cloud–radiation interaction as key for intermodel differences in tropical precipitation change with warming. This motivates the hypothesis that intermodel differences in the climatology of precipitation, and in its response to warming, should… read more here.
Keywords: cloud radiative; tropical precipitation; precipitation; radiative effects ... See more keywords
Midlatitude Cloud Radiative Effect Sensitivity to Cloud Controlling Factors in Observations and Models: Relationship with Southern Hemisphere Jet Shifts and Climate Sensitivity
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DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-20-0986.1
Abstract: An effective method to understand cloud processes and to assess the fidelity with which they are represented in climate models is the cloud controlling factor framework, in which cloud properties are linked with variations in… read more here.
Keywords: cloud controlling; cloud radiative; surface temperature; temperature ... See more keywords
Uncertainty in aerosol–cloud radiative forcing is driven by clean conditions
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DOI: 10.5194/acp-23-4115-2023
Abstract: Abstract. Atmospheric aerosols and their impact on cloud properties remain the largest uncertainty in the human forcing of the climate system. By increasing the concentration of cloud droplets (Nd), aerosols reduce droplet size and increase… read more here.
Keywords: radiative forcing; cloud radiative; clean conditions; aerosol cloud ... See more keywords
The link between outgoing longwave radiation and the altitude at which a spaceborne lidar beam is fully attenuated
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DOI: 10.5194/amt-10-4659-2017
Abstract: Abstract. According to climate model simulations, the changing altitude of middle and high clouds is the dominant contributor to the positive global mean longwave cloud feedback. Nevertheless, the mechanisms of this longwave cloud altitude feedback… read more here.
Keywords: cloud radiative; radiative effect; cloud; altitude ... See more keywords