Observations and simulations of climate forcings and feedbacks. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/217720· OSTI ID:217720

Del Genio, A D

The research conducted under this agreement sought to use available satellite data sets to document a variety of climate feedback processes by understanding the mechanisms of current climate variability (seasonal, interannual, temperature dependence). Comparisons with feedback processes operating in the GCM were performed to determine which aspects of the variability serve as the most reliable proxies for decadal climate change. This report focuses on three general areas of progress: upper troposphere water vapor, low cloud optical thickness, and tropical cumulus anvil clouds.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New York, NY (United States). Goddard Inst. for Space Studies
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AI02-93ER61644
• OSTI ID: 217720
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/61644-T1; ON: DE96009537
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Feb 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CLIMATE MODELS
WATER VAPOR
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
CLOUDS
THICKNESS
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
TROPOSPHERE
CLOUD COVER
CLIMATIC CHANGE
SIMULATION
PROGRESS REPORT