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Title: Surface and top-of-atmosphere radiative feedback kernels for CESM-CAM5

Abstract

Radiative kernels at the top of the atmosphere are useful for decomposing changes in atmospheric radiative fluxes due to feedbacks from atmosphere and surface temperature, water vapor, and surface albedo. Here we describe and validate radiative kernels calculated with the large-ensemble version of CAM5, CESM1.1.2, at the top of the atmosphere and the surface. Estimates of the radiative forcing from greenhouse gases and aerosols in RCP8.5 in the CESM large-ensemble simulations are also diagnosed. As an application, feedbacks are calculated for the CESM large ensemble. The kernels are freely available at https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F47MT6, and accompanying software can be downloaded from https://github.com/apendergrass/cam5-kernels.

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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1452660
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1508274
Grant/Contract Number:  
FC02-97ER62402
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Earth System Science Data (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Earth System Science Data (Online) Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1866-3516
Publisher:
Copernicus Publications
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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Pendergrass, Angeline G., Conley, Andrew, and Vitt, Francis M. Surface and top-of-atmosphere radiative feedback kernels for CESM-CAM5. Germany: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.5194/essd-10-317-2018.
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Pendergrass, Angeline G., Conley, Andrew, & Vitt, Francis M. Surface and top-of-atmosphere radiative feedback kernels for CESM-CAM5. Germany. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-317-2018
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Pendergrass, Angeline G., Conley, Andrew, and Vitt, Francis M. Wed . "Surface and top-of-atmosphere radiative feedback kernels for CESM-CAM5". Germany. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-317-2018.
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@article{osti_1452660,
title = {Surface and top-of-atmosphere radiative feedback kernels for CESM-CAM5},
author = {Pendergrass, Angeline G. and Conley, Andrew and Vitt, Francis M.},
abstractNote = {Radiative kernels at the top of the atmosphere are useful for decomposing changes in atmospheric radiative fluxes due to feedbacks from atmosphere and surface temperature, water vapor, and surface albedo. Here we describe and validate radiative kernels calculated with the large-ensemble version of CAM5, CESM1.1.2, at the top of the atmosphere and the surface. Estimates of the radiative forcing from greenhouse gases and aerosols in RCP8.5 in the CESM large-ensemble simulations are also diagnosed. As an application, feedbacks are calculated for the CESM large ensemble. The kernels are freely available at https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F47MT6, and accompanying software can be downloaded from https://github.com/apendergrass/cam5-kernels.},
doi = {10.5194/essd-10-317-2018},
journal = {Earth System Science Data (Online)},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {Germany},
year = {Wed Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Wed Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: Top-of-atmosphere kernels from CESM1(CAM5). Zonal, annual-mean temperature, longwave moisture, and shortwave moisture kernels for all-sky and clear-sky. In panels (e) and (g) all-sky kernels are shown in solid lines and clear-sky kernels in dashed lines. The sign convention is positive downward.
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