On the Davies paper, there's little doubt that
if high cloud cover decreases in height, that can serve as a negative feedback mechanism.
Not exact matches
Sure,
if there is low
cloud cover and still air, yes it takes a bit longer for everything to cool down after sunset, but it is all gone by sunrise, except where the daytime heat has been stored by
high thermal capacity materials such as concrete.
Pooh, Dixie Erlykin and Wolfendale do specify that, relatively speaking, the greatest effect was seen in low
cloud cover and mid
cloud cover, and they use the f value for those levels in their calculations, but
if CR affect
higher layers dissimilarly so as to reduce the net effect that should be noted.
If we contend that seas are warming, wouldn't that lead to
higher evaporation rates resulting in more
cloud cover.