DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0895.1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85041946426
论文题名: No access interactions between hydrological sensitivity, radiative cooling, stability, and low-level cloud amount feedback
作者: Webb M.J. ; Lock A.P. ; Lambert F.H.
刊名: Journal of Climate
ISSN: 8948755
出版年: 2018
卷: 31, 期: 5 起始页码: 1833
结束页码: 1850
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Boundary layer
; Climate sensitivity
; Clouds
; Feedback
; Precipitation
; Stability
Scopus关键词: Atmospheric humidity
; Boundary layers
; Climate change
; Climate models
; Clouds
; Convergence of numerical methods
; Evaporation
; Precipitation (chemical)
; Precipitation (meteorology)
; Climate sensitivity
; Free troposphere
; Inversion strength
; Latent heat release
; Radiative cooling
; Rate of increase
; Surface evaporation
; Temperature and humidities
; Feedback
英文摘要: Low-level cloud feedbacks vary in magnitude but are positive in most climate models, due to reductions in low-level cloud fraction. This study explores the impact of surface evaporation on low-level cloud fraction feedback by performing climate change experiments with the aquaplanet configuration of the HadGEM2-A climate model, forcing surface evaporation to increase at different rates in two ways. Forcing the evaporation diagnosed in the surface scheme to increase at 7% K-1 with warming (more than doubling the hydrological sensitivity) results in an increase in global mean low-level cloud fraction and a negative global cloud feedback, reversing the signs of these responses compared to the standard experiments. The estimated inversion strength (EIS) increases more rapidly in these surface evaporation forced experiments, which is attributed to additional latent heat release and enhanced warming of the free troposphere. Stimulating a 7% K-1 increase in surface evaporation via enhanced atmospheric radiative cooling, however, results in a weaker EIS increase compared to the standard experiments and a slightly stronger low-level cloud reduction. The low-level cloud fraction response is predicted better by EIS than surface evaporation across all experiments. This suggests that surface-forced increases in evaporation increase low-level cloud fraction mainly by increasing EIS. Additionally, the results herein show that increases in surface evaporation can have a very substantial impact on the rate of increase in radiative cooling with warming, by modifying the temperature and humidity structure of the atmosphere. This has implications for understanding the factors controlling hydrological sensitivity. © 2018 American Meteorological Society. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/111648
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作者单位: Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom; Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Webb M.J.,Lock A.P.,Lambert F.H.. No access interactions between hydrological sensitivity, radiative cooling, stability, and low-level cloud amount feedback[J]. Journal of Climate,2018-01-01,31(5)