Assessing Global and Local Radiative Feedbacks Based on AGCM Simulations for 1980–2014/2017
Abstract
In order to avoid contamination of unobservable and uncertain effective radiative forcing (ERF) on the diagnosis of radiative feedbacks based on short-term climate variability, we verify the Kernel-Gregory feedback calculation method using atmospheric model experiments with prescribed ERF. We show that both clear-sky radiative fluxes and all-sky radiative feedbacks have a closure between model simulations and kernel derivations. A near-zero global mean net cloud feedback is found in the simulation with prescribed ERF, which results in a more negative global net climate feedback, -2 W m-2 K-1. Consistent with AMIP6 ensemble mean results, the lapse rate feedback is the largest contributor among all feedbacks to temperature amplification over the three poles (Arctic, Antarctic and Tibetan Plateau), followed by surface albedo feedback and Planck feedback deviation from its global mean. Except for the higher surface albedo feedback in the Antarctic, other feedbacks are almost same between the Arctic and Antarctic.
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- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
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- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1646601
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- OSTI ID: 1646602
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- PNNL-SA-150269
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276;1944-8007
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- AC05-76RL01830
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 47; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Zhang, Rudong, Wang, Hailong, Fu, Qiang, and Rasch, Philip J. Assessing Global and Local Radiative Feedbacks Based on AGCM Simulations for 1980–2014/2017. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1029/2020gl088063.
Zhang, Rudong, Wang, Hailong, Fu, Qiang, & Rasch, Philip J. Assessing Global and Local Radiative Feedbacks Based on AGCM Simulations for 1980–2014/2017. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl088063
Zhang, Rudong, Wang, Hailong, Fu, Qiang, and Rasch, Philip J. Tue .
"Assessing Global and Local Radiative Feedbacks Based on AGCM Simulations for 1980–2014/2017". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl088063. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1646601.
@article{osti_1646601,
title = {Assessing Global and Local Radiative Feedbacks Based on AGCM Simulations for 1980–2014/2017},
author = {Zhang, Rudong and Wang, Hailong and Fu, Qiang and Rasch, Philip J.},
abstractNote = {In order to avoid contamination of unobservable and uncertain effective radiative forcing (ERF) on the diagnosis of radiative feedbacks based on short-term climate variability, we verify the Kernel-Gregory feedback calculation method using atmospheric model experiments with prescribed ERF. We show that both clear-sky radiative fluxes and all-sky radiative feedbacks have a closure between model simulations and kernel derivations. A near-zero global mean net cloud feedback is found in the simulation with prescribed ERF, which results in a more negative global net climate feedback, -2 W m-2 K-1. Consistent with AMIP6 ensemble mean results, the lapse rate feedback is the largest contributor among all feedbacks to temperature amplification over the three poles (Arctic, Antarctic and Tibetan Plateau), followed by surface albedo feedback and Planck feedback deviation from its global mean. Except for the higher surface albedo feedback in the Antarctic, other feedbacks are almost same between the Arctic and Antarctic.},
doi = {10.1029/2020gl088063},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 12,
volume = 47,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {6}
}
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