Intercomparison and interpretation of climate feedback processes in 19 atmospheric general circulation models

R. D. Cess; G. L. Potter; J. P. Blanchet; G. J. Boer; A. D.Del Genio; M. D É Qu É; V. Dymnikov; V. Galin; W. L. Gates; S. J. Ghan; J. T. Kiehl; A. A. Lacis; H. Le Treut; Z. X. Li; X. Z. Liang; B. J. Mc Avaney; V. P. Meleshko; J. F.B. Mitchell; J. J. Morcrette; D. A. Randall; L. Rikus; E. Roeckner; J. F. Royer; U. Schlese; D. A. Sheinin; A. Slingo; A. P. Sokolov; K. E. Taylor; W. M. Washington; R. T. Wetherald; I. Yagai; M. H. Zhang

Intercomparison and interpretation of climate feedback processes in 19 atmospheric general circulation models

R. D. Cess
, G. L. Potter
, J. P. Blanchet
, G. J. Boer
, A. D.Del Genio
, M. D É Qu É
, V. Dymnikov
, V. Galin
, W. L. Gates
, S. J. Ghan
, J. T. Kiehl
, A. A. Lacis
, H. Le Treut
, Z. X. Li
, X. Z. Liang
, B. J. Mc Avaney
, V. P. Meleshko
, J. F.B. Mitchell
, J. J. Morcrette
, D. A. Randall

L. Rikus, E. Roeckner, J. F. Royer, U. Schlese, D. A. Sheinin, A. Slingo, A. P. Sokolov, K. E. Taylor, W. M. Washington, R. T. Wetherald, I. Yagai, M. H. Zhang

Stony Brook University
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Meteorological Research Branch
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
orologie Nationale
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
National Center for Atmospheric Research
orologie Dynamique
Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bur. of Meteorology Research Centre
Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory
Now at Met Office Hadley Centre
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
Universität Hamburg
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
JMA Meteorological Research Institute

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Abstract

This intercomparison uses sea surface temperature change as a surrogate for climate change. The interpretation of cloud-climate interactions is given special attention. A roughly threefold variation in one measure of global climate sensitivity is found among the 19 models. The important conclusion is that most of this variation is attributable to differences in the models' depiction of cloud feedback. It is further emphasized that cloud feedback is the consequence of all interacting physical and dynamical processes in a general circlation model. The results of these processes is to produce changes in temperature, moisture distribution, and clouds which are integrated into the radiative response termed cloud feedback. -from Authors

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16,601-16,615
Journal	Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume	95
Issue number	D10
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1990
Externally published	Yes

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Cess, R. D., Potter, G. L., Blanchet, J. P., Boer, G. J., Genio, A. D. D., D É Qu É, M., Dymnikov, V., Galin, V., Gates, W. L., Ghan, S. J., Kiehl, J. T., Lacis, A. A., Treut, H. L., Li, Z. X., Liang, X. Z., Mc Avaney, B. J., Meleshko, V. P., Mitchell, J. F. B., Morcrette, J. J., ... Zhang, M. H. (1990). Intercomparison and interpretation of climate feedback processes in 19 atmospheric general circulation models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 95(D10), 16,601-16,615.

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