Current climate models diverge in their assessment of global warming that will result from the anthropogenic increase in trace gases. This is because they differ in their representation of the hydrological cycle (water vapour, clouds, snow and sea ice, soil moisture) and because a direct validation in terms of sensitivity is not possible. Indirect methods and approaches are therefore necessary to verify the models efficiently. The book provides an overview on different validation approaches. The use of satellite data is particularly stressed.
Author(s): Gerald L. Potter, Michael Fiorino (auth.), Hervé Le Treut (eds.)
Series: NATO ASI Series 34
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 331
Tags: Meteorology/Climatology; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
AMIP Diagnostic Subproject on Cloud Forcing: Some Preliminary Findings....Pages 3-17
Evaluation of Cloudiness in the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project....Pages 19-32
Absorption of Solar Radiation by Clouds: Observations Versus Models....Pages 33-41
Evaluation of the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Tropical Convection in GCMs by Using Geostationary Satellite Data....Pages 43-50
The importance and nature of the water vapor budget in nature and models....Pages 51-66
Cause-and-Effect Analysis of Feedbacks in a Numerical Model....Pages 67-79
Stochastic Models toRepresent the Temporal Variability of Global Average Radiation Budget, Cloudiness and Temperature....Pages 81-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Warm Pool Heat Budget as Simulated by Different Versions of the Echam Model....Pages 95-105
GCM Implications for Mechanisms Determining Cloud and Water Vapor Feedbacks....Pages 107-125
Comparison of Convection Parameterizations in an Atmospheric General Circulation Model....Pages 127-137
Sensitivity of the Simulated Climate to Parameterization of Cloud Optical Properties in the MGO GCM....Pages 139-155
The Role of Cloud-Radiative Interactions in the Sensitivity of the E.C.M.W.F. Model Climate to Variations in Sea Surface Temperature....Pages 157-169
Water Vapour and Cloud Feedback in the BMRC AGCM....Pages 171-190
Cloud Feedbacks in the UKMO Unified model....Pages 191-202
Sensitivity Parameters of the Meteo-France Climate Models: Emeraude and Arpege....Pages 203-212
Cloud-Radiative Feedback as Produced by Different Parameterizations of Cloud Emissivity in CCM2....Pages 213-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Climate Sensitivity and Cloud-Albedo Feedback in a Global Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere GCM....Pages 231-237
Cloud Effects on the Ocean Surface Energy Budget....Pages 239-249
Feedback Processes in the GFDL R30-14 Level General Circulation Model....Pages 251-266
Aerosol and greenhouse gases forcing: Cloud feedbacks associated to the climate response....Pages 267-280
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Analysis of the Monsoon Response to Radiative Perturbations in GCM Simulations....Pages 281-290
Large Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction and Climate....Pages 291-303
A 65–70 Year Oscillation in Observed Surface Temperatures....Pages 305-316
Orographic Precipitation in the Southern Black Sea Coasts....Pages 317-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-334
