contributor author | Mitchell, J. F. B. | |
contributor author | Ingram, W. J. | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T15:15:06Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T15:15:06Z | |
date copyright | 1992/01/01 | |
date issued | 1992 | |
identifier issn | 0894-8755 | |
identifier other | ams-3853.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4176767 | |
description abstract | Changes in cloud distribution may provide a major feedback on climate change. General circulation model simulations show an upward shift of high cloud and a general reduction of free-tropospheric cloud when climate warms. The shift of high cloud seems due to an upward shift of the tropopause. It is argued that the reduction in relative humidity and cloud cover below can be attributed to the increased depth of vertical motions in the warmer climate, which in turn follows from the upward shift of atmospheric radiative cooling as specific humidifies increase. A diagnostic study of the response of a general circulation model is consistent with this mechanism. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | Carbon Dioxide and Climate: Mechanisms of Changes in Cloud | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 5 | |
journal issue | 1 | |
journal title | Journal of Climate | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0442(1992)005<0005:CDACMO>2.0.CO;2 | |
journal fristpage | 5 | |
journal lastpage | 21 | |
tree | Journal of Climate:;1992:;volume( 005 ):;issue: 001 | |
contenttype | Fulltext | |