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Climate Sensitivity to Radiative Perturbations

Physical Mechanisms and Their Validation

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Hervé Le Treut

    1. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure 24, rue Lhomond, Paris Cedex 05, France

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries I: (ASII, volume 34)

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. General Issues and Methodologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages I-IX
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    2. AMIP Diagnostic Subproject on Cloud Forcing: Some Preliminary Findings

      • Gerald L. Potter, Michael Fiorino
      Pages 3-17

    3. Evaluation of Cloudiness in the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project

      • Bryan C. Weare
      Pages 19-32

    4. Absorption of Solar Radiation by Clouds: Observations Versus Models

      • R. D. Cess, M. H. Zhang, P. Minnis, L. Corsetti, E. G. Dutton, B. W. Forgan et al.
      Pages 33-41

    5. Evaluation of the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Tropical Convection in GCMs by Using Geostationary Satellite Data

      • J. Ph Duvel, J. J. Morcrette, E. Klinker
      Pages 43-50

    6. The importance and nature of the water vapor budget in nature and models

      • Richard S. Lindzen
      Pages 51-66

    7. Cause-and-Effect Analysis of Feedbacks in a Numerical Model

      • Natalia G. Andronova, Michael E. Schlesinger
      Pages 67-79

    8. Stochastic Models toRepresent the Temporal Variability of Global Average Radiation Budget, Cloudiness and Temperature

      • Olavi Kärner
      Pages 81-91

  3. Cloud and Water Vapour Feedbacks in Atmospheric Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Warm Pool Heat Budget as Simulated by Different Versions of the Echam Model

      • C.-T. Chen, Erich Roeckner
      Pages 95-105

    3. GCM Implications for Mechanisms Determining Cloud and Water Vapor Feedbacks

      • Anthony D. Del Genio
      Pages 107-125

    4. Comparison of Convection Parameterizations in an Atmospheric General Circulation Model

      • Zhao-Xin Li
      Pages 127-137

    5. Sensitivity of the Simulated Climate to Parameterization of Cloud Optical Properties in the MGO GCM

      • V. P. Meleshko, P. V. Sporyshev, T. V. Pavlova, V. A. Govorkova
      Pages 139-155

    6. The Role of Cloud-Radiative Interactions in the Sensitivity of the E.C.M.W.F. Model Climate to Variations in Sea Surface Temperature

      • Jean-Jacques Morcrette
      Pages 157-169

    7. Water Vapour and Cloud Feedback in the BMRC AGCM

      • Bryant J. McAvaney, Robert A. Colman
      Pages 171-190

    8. Cloud Feedbacks in the UKMO Unified model

      • C. A. Senior, J. F. B. Mitchell
      Pages 191-202

    9. Sensitivity Parameters of the Meteo-France Climate Models: Emeraude and Arpege

      • B. Timbal, J.-F. Royer, J.-F. Mahfouf, M. Déqué
      Pages 203-212

    10. Cloud-Radiative Feedback as Produced by Different Parameterizations of Cloud Emissivity in CCM2

      • M. H. Zhang, J. T. Kiehl, J. J. Hack
      Pages 213-228

  4. Feedbacks in Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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Current climate models diverge in their assessment of global warming that will result from the anthropogenic increase in trace gases. This is because they differ in their representation of the hydrological cycle (water vapour, clouds, snow and sea ice, soil moisture) and because a direct validation in terms of sensitivity is not possible. Indirect methods and approaches are therefore necessary to verify the models efficiently. The book provides an overview on different validation approaches. The use of satellite data is particularly stressed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure 24, rue Lhomond, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Hervé Le Treut

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