Cloud variations and the Earth's energy budget

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作者
Dessler, A. E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Atmospher Sci, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
CLIMATE; FEEDBACKS; SYSTEM; ERA;
D O I
10.1029/2011GL049236
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
The question of whether clouds are the cause of surface temperature changes, rather than acting as a feedback in response to those temperature changes, is explored using data obtained between 2000 and 2010. An energy budget calculation shows that the radiative impact of clouds accounts for little of the observed climate variations. It is also shown that observations of the lagged response of top-of-atmosphere (TOA) energy fluxes to surface temperature variations are not evidence that clouds are causing climate change. Citation: Dessler, A. E. (2011), Cloud variations and the Earth's energy budget, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L19701, doi:10.1029/2011GL049236.
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