Sentences with phrase «by changes in cloudiness»

It has been proposed that Earth's climate could be affected by changes in cloudiness caused by variations in the intensity of galactic cosmic rays in the atmosphere.

Not exact matches

A multidisciplinary team led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Dr. Chuck Long found that, at least in the continental United States, changes in clouds and cloudiness have a greater influence on brightening than any decrease in aerosol amounts alone.

Given that atmospheric CO2 will likely continue to climb over the next century, a long - term increase in flowering activity may persist in some growth forms until checked by nutrient limitation or by climate change through rising temperatures, increasing drought frequency and / or increasing cloudiness and reduced insolation.

Your earlier # 182 was equally disconcerting where you quoted Norris and Slingo (2009) saying «At present, it is not known whether changes in cloudiness will exacerbate, mitigate, or have little effect on the increasing global surface temperature caused by anthropogenic greenhouse radiative forcing.»

(i) Harrison and Stephenson show (see their Figure 2; reproduced in Figure 3 in top article) a very weak correlation between the CRF and the diffuse fraction (DF)(cloudiness — presumably dominated by changes in low - level cloudiness), which breaks down when the CRF is higher than 3600 (x100) per hour.

Consequently, as they say slightly earlier in the abstract: «At present, it is not known whether changes in cloudiness will exacerbate, mitigate, or have little effect on the increasing global surface temperature caused by anthropogenic greenhouse radiative forcing.»

The changes in both satellite derived and measured surface insolation data are also in line with changes in global cloudiness provided by the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP), which show an increase until the late 1980s and a decrease thereafter, on the order of 5 % from the late 1980s to 2002.

The exact mechanism by which cosmic rays then influence the climate is not known in detail, but current efforts, mainly by a Danish research group, focus on changes in Earth's cloudiness.]

Temperature changes induced by sun and oceans drive air circulation changes which drive changes in every aspect of climate including convection, conduction, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, windiness, cloudiness, albedo and humidity as regards both quantities and distribution.

In my opinion, the most likely explanation for short term variations in temperature is due to changes in patterns of cloudiness coupled with changes in particulates in the atmosphere both of which alter the amount of sunlight getting through to and being absorbed by the oceanIn my opinion, the most likely explanation for short term variations in temperature is due to changes in patterns of cloudiness coupled with changes in particulates in the atmosphere both of which alter the amount of sunlight getting through to and being absorbed by the oceanin temperature is due to changes in patterns of cloudiness coupled with changes in particulates in the atmosphere both of which alter the amount of sunlight getting through to and being absorbed by the oceanin patterns of cloudiness coupled with changes in particulates in the atmosphere both of which alter the amount of sunlight getting through to and being absorbed by the oceanin particulates in the atmosphere both of which alter the amount of sunlight getting through to and being absorbed by the oceanin the atmosphere both of which alter the amount of sunlight getting through to and being absorbed by the oceans.

In my opinion, measuring the heat content of the oceans can not necessarily be used to assess sensitivity since a slight change in the amount of cloudiness has a significant impact on the amout of solar radiation being received by the oceanIn my opinion, measuring the heat content of the oceans can not necessarily be used to assess sensitivity since a slight change in the amount of cloudiness has a significant impact on the amout of solar radiation being received by the oceanin the amount of cloudiness has a significant impact on the amout of solar radiation being received by the oceans.

This change is explained by a decrease in subtropical and mid-latitude low cloudiness, along with a reduction in high - latitude surface albedo due to decreased sea ice.