Increasing atmospheric poleward energy transport with global warming

Details Increasing atmospheric poleward energy transport with global warming Increasing atmospheric poleward energy transport with global warming

Dec 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010georl..3724807h&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 37, Issue 24, CiteID L24807

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Global Change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Global Change: Global Climate Models (3337, 4928), Atmospheric Processes: Clouds And Cloud Feedbacks

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Most state-of-the-art global climate models (GCMs) project an increase in atmospheric poleward energy transport with global warming; however, the amount of increase varies significantly from model to model. Using an energy balance model that diffuses moist static energy, it is shown that: (1) the increase in atmospheric moisture content causes most of the increase in transport, and (2) changes in the radiation budget due to clouds explain most of the spread among GCMs. This work also shows that biases in clouds, surface albedo, ocean heat uptake, and aerosols will not only affect climate locally but will also influence other latitudes through energy transport.

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