Sentences with phrase «cloud feedback»

Therefore when you ask about the general effects of cloud feedbacks on climate, you have moved well beyond the scope of a discussion about aerosol second indirect effects.

Evidence is building that net cloud feedback is likely positive and unlikely to be strongly negative.

That one was about observed negative effects of cloud feedbacks on climate sensitivity.

If you're interested in the other warming cloud feedback, we also have an article about the increase of tropical warming clouds — yes, it's very complicated.

That is based on practical evidence, including all feedbacks (thus including cloud feedback).

This approach has provided valuable insights into low - cloud feedback mechanisms.

Global mean precipitation decreased, due to cloud feedbacks which are influenced by sunlight but not greenhouse gases.

Unfortunately, the treatment of moist convection affects cloud feedbacks.

Also who is to say that the models have water vapor / cloud feedbacks correct too?

As to water vapor, it is key to the simplest theoretical grounds for assessing cloud feedback.

However, major progress in our ability to understand, observe, and simulate clouds has led to the conclusion that global cloud feedback is likely positive.

Differences in cloud feedbacks remain the principal source of uncertainty.

Ideally we would like to constrain cloud feedbacks in other ways so as to bring these other constraints to bear on the attribution of the observed warming.»

[16] Even the Cox constraint, [17] which is based on fluctuation - dissipation theory, is strongly dominated by SW cloud feedback.

Dufresne, 2005: Marine boundary - layer clouds at the heart of tropical cloud feedback uncertainties in climate models.

Yao, 2005: Evaluation of regional cloud feedbacks using single - column models.

If the net cloud feedback changed sign the slack in lost forcing could be picked up by compensation in the other unknowns.