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Climate sensitivity with a seasonal cycle energy balance modelThe sensitivity of climate which may have a local maximum as the ice cap passes through a midlatitude region where the atmosphere's transport efficiency varies strongly with latitude is examined. This behavior, found in a two level primitive equations climate model forced with annual mean insolation, was reproduced in an energy balance model (EBM) by making the diffusion coefficient a function of latitude. The two level seasonally varying EBM was applied and the global mean surface temperature vs. solar constant for this model are shown and two regions of enhanced sensitivity appear. The snowcover distributions around the year for three cases are shown.
Document ID
19840014023
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Suarez, M. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Res. Rev., 1983
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
84N22091
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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