Sentences with phrase «radiative impact»

On the other hand, in addition to its direct radiative impact, methane has a large, indirect radiative effect because it contributes to ozone formation.

Simultaneous surface and satellite measurements lead to first assessment of radiative impacts of a dust storm

A release of [500/7.5 = 66.7] Gton C as methane (order [10 % / 7.5 = 1.3 %] of the hydrate reservoir) to the atmosphere would have an equivalent radiative impact to a factor of 10 increase in atmospheric CO2......

«Cloud characteristics, thermodynamic controls and radiative impacts during the Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014 / 5) experiment.»

effects of aerosols on cloud properties (including cloud fraction, cloud microphysical parameters, and precipitation efficiency), which may modify the hydrological cycle without significant radiative impacts;

Without the cutesy back radiation into a warmer surface invention, it might be easier to explain the potential radiative impact of CO2 and with a better model of the atmospheric layers, understand why it is not living up to its potential.

Estimating the Global Radiative Impact of the Sea - Ice - Albedo Feedback in the Arctic..

A release of 500 Gton C as methane (order 10 % of the hydrate reservoir) to the atmosphere would have an equivalent radiative impact to a factor of 10 increase in atmospheric CO2...........

Thus, increased CO2 impacts the hydrological cycle, in addition to its well - known direct radiative impacts.

After the field campaign, Fast will perform computer simulations to help evaluate all of the field campaign data and quantify the uncertainties associated with using coarse grid global climate models to study megacity emissions and to determine the radiative impact of the Mexico City particulates on the local and regional climate.

According to Beat in his nomination letter, «She is an excellent scientist whose research has greatly increased our knowledge of the radiative impact of cirrus clouds on the tropics.

Radiative transfer codes that accurately calculate the radiative impact of greenhouse gases and other atmospheric constituents are an essential component of the global climate models used to simulate present and future climate.

There is significant seasonal and regional variability in the cloud radiative impact.

The radiative impact of a decrease in cloud cover on the surface net flux can be offset or even canceled if cloud opacity increases by 5 % -10 %.

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.

Lohmann et al. (2000) found that the radiative impact of sulphate and carbonaceous aerosols considered simultaneously -LRB--1.5 and -1.1 Wm - 2 for the externally and internally mixed assumptions, respectively) is comparable to the sum of the radiative impacts calculated separately (see Table 6.6).

Lohmann et al. (2000) predicted a radiative impact for the combined effect (i.e., first and second effects) of -1.3 and -0.9 Wm - 2 for externally and internally mixed carbonaceous aerosols, respectively.

Here, the authors use satellite and aircraft data to investigate the radiative impact of volcanic aerosols in the lowermost stratosphere since the year 2000.

These processes include arctic clouds and their radiative impacts, sea - ice albedo changes, surface energy fluxes, vertical momentum transfer, and ocean vertical heat transport.

Since all models significantly expand their Hadley cells in climate warming simulations, this cloud - circulation interaction leaves a significant imprint on the radiative impact of the clouds.

And, even after dropping aerosol cooling, we still have to add CO2 (or other GHGs) to the atmosphere to complete a DEP 4.5 scenario (setting aside perturbation time (of CH4, for example), it occurs to me that it is best to have it all as CO2 as this would reduce the radiative impact of the permafrost CO2.

A release of [500/7.5 = 66.7] Gton C as methane (order [10 % / 7.5 = 1.3 %] of the hydrate reservoir) to the atmosphere would have an equivalent radiative impact to a factor of 10 increase in atmospheric CO2......

A release of 500 Gton C as methane (order 10 % of the hydrate reservoir) to the atmosphere would have an equivalent radiative impact to a factor of 10 increase in atmospheric CO2...........

There are no studies yet to confirm unambiguously that the GCM estimates of the radiative impact associated with the second indirect effect can be interpreted in the strict sense of a radiative forcing (see Sections 6.1 and 6.8.2.2), and very few observations exist as yet to support the existence of a significant effect.