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Interpretation of cloud-climate feedback as produced by 14 atmospheric general circulation modelsUnderstanding the cause of differences among general circulation model projections of carbon dioxide-induced climatic change is a necessary step toward improving the models. An intercomparison of 14 atmospheric general circulation models, for which sea surface temperature perturbations were used as a surrogate climate change, showed that there was a roughly threefold variation in global climate sensitivity. Most of this variation is attributable to differences in the models' depictions of cloud-climate feedback, a result that emphasizes the need for improvements in the treatment of clouds in these models if they are ultimately to be used as climatic predictors.
Document ID
19890062526
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Cess, R. D.
(New York, State University Stony Brook, United States)
Potter, G. L.
(State Univ. of New York Stony Brook, NY, United States)
Ghan, S. J.
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA, United States)
Blanchet, J. P.
(State Univ. of New York Stony Brook, NY, United States)
Boer, G. J.
(Department of the Environment, Canadian Climate Centre Downsview, Canada)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
August 4, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Volume: 245
ISSN: 0036-8075
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
89A49897
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-FG02-85ER-60314
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-AI01-80EV-10220
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-1058
CONTRACT_GRANT: BMFT-KF-20128
CONTRACT_GRANT: W-7405-ENG-48
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