The Refrigeration Effect radically cooled the southern ocean and altered the vertical temperature structure of all the earth's oceans. (landscapesandcycles.net)
This provides a stable temperature structure for the fast feedback processes to operate and maintain the quasi-equilibrium amounts of water vapor and clouds. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
This provides a stable reference temperature structure for the fast feedback processes to operate and maintain the amounts of atmospheric water vapor and clouds at their quasi-equilibrium concentrations. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)