Model spread in tropical low cloud feedback tied to overturning circulation response to warming

Kathleen A. Schiro; Hui Su; Fiaz Ahmed; Ni Dai; Clare E. Singer; Pierre Gentine; Gregory S. Elsaesser; Jonathan H. Jiang; Yong-Sang Choi; J. David Neelin

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34787-4

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Model spread in tropical low cloud feedback tied to overturning circulation response to warming

Kathleen A. Schiro,
Hui Su,
Fiaz Ahmed,
Ni Dai,
Clare E. Singer,
Pierre Gentine,
Gregory S. Elsaesser,
Jonathan H. Jiang,
Yong-Sang Choi,
J. David Neelin

Affiliations

Kathleen A. Schiro: Department of Environmental Science, University of Virginia
Hui Su: Joint Institute for Research in Earth Systems Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Fiaz Ahmed: Joint Institute for Research in Earth Systems Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Ni Dai: Joint Institute for Research in Earth Systems Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Clare E. Singer: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Pierre Gentine: Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
Gregory S. Elsaesser: Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
Jonathan H. Jiang: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Yong-Sang Choi: Department of Climate and Energy Systems Engineering, Ewha Womans University
J. David Neelin: Joint Institute for Research in Earth Systems Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34787-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The magnitude of the tropical low cloud feedback, which contributes considerably to uncertainty in estimates of climate sensitivity, is closely linked to tropical deep convection and its effects on the tropical atmospheric overturning circulation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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