Sentences with phrase «of nonradiative»
Does not fully characterize the climate impact of nonradiative forcing, the indirect aerosol effect (other than the first), and the semidirect aerosol effect
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Some types of nonradiative forcing are not easily quantified in watts per square meter, thus it is not clear how to compare them to radiative forcing
However, this approach may not convey appropriately the impacts of nonradiative forcings on societally relevant climate variables such as precipitation or ecosystem function.
Not exact matches
Other nonradiative forcings modify the biological components of the climate system by changing the fluxes of trace gases and heat between vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere and by modifying the amount and types of vegetation.
The atmosphere and oceans, through their general circulation, act as vast heat engines, compensating for this imbalance by providing nonradiative mechanisms for the transfer of heat from the Equator to the poles.
Nonradiative heat transfer again compensates for the imbalance, this time largely by vertical atmospheric motions involving the evaporation and condensation of water.
Another important nonradiative mechanism is the exchange of heat that occurs when the temperature of the air is different from that of the surface.
These nonradiative forcings generally have radiative impacts, but describing them only in terms of this radiative impact does not convey fully their influence on climate variables of societal relevance.
Nonetheless, the limitations call for broadening the concept to account for nonradiative forcing, spatial and temporal heterogeneity of forcing, and nonlinearities.
Several nonradiative forcings involve the biological components of the climate system.
Further work is needed to quantify links of regional nonradiative forcing to regional and global climate response
Another consideration in devising metrics for nonradiative forcings is enabling direct comparison with radiative forcings, computed in units of watts per square meter.
It needs to be expanded to account for the vertical and regional structure of radiative forcing and also for nonradiative climate forcings.
Finally, we examine ways to improve the application of radiative and nonradiative forcing metrics in policy analyses directed at climate change.