An assessment of Earth's climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence

SC Sherwood, MJ Webb, JD Annan… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We assess evidence relevant to Earth's equilibrium climate sensitivity per doubling of
atmospheric CO2, characterized by an effective sensitivity S. This evidence includes …

On the future zonal contrasts of equatorial Pacific climate: Perspectives from Observations, Simulations, and Theories

S Lee, M L'Heureux, AT Wittenberg, R Seager… - Npj Climate and …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the zonal gradients of sea surface temperature (SST) across the
equatorial Pacific have major consequences for global climate. Therefore, accurate future …

Human influence on the climate system (Chapter 3)

V Eyring, NP Gillett, KM Achuta Rao, R Barimalala… - 2021 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The AR5 concluded that human influence on the climate system is clear, evident from
increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, positive radiative forcing …

Beyond equilibrium climate sensitivity

R Knutti, MAA Rugenstein, GC Hegerl - Nature Geoscience, 2017 - nature.com
Equilibrium climate sensitivity characterizes the Earth's long-term global temperature
response to increased atmospheric CO2 concentration. It has reached almost iconic status …

Clouds, circulation and climate sensitivity

S Bony, B Stevens, DMW Frierson, C Jakob… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Fundamental puzzles of climate science remain unsolved because of our limited
understanding of how clouds, circulation and climate interact. One example is our inability to …

Cloud feedback mechanisms and their representation in global climate models

P Ceppi, F Brient, MD Zelinka… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cloud feedback—the change in top‐of‐atmosphere radiative flux resulting from the cloud
response to warming—constitutes by far the largest source of uncertainty in the climate …

Convective self-aggregation in numerical simulations: A review

AA Wing, K Emanuel, CE Holloway, C Muller - Shallow clouds, water …, 2018 - Springer
Organized convection in the tropics occurs across a range of spatial and temporal scales
and strongly influences cloud cover and humidity. One mode of organization found is ''self …

Observational constraints on mixed-phase clouds imply higher climate sensitivity

I Tan, T Storelvmo, MD Zelinka - Science, 2016 - science.org
Global climate model (GCM) estimates of the equilibrium global mean surface temperature
response to a doubling of atmospheric CO2, measured by the equilibrium climate sensitivity …

Clouds and convective self‐aggregation in a multimodel ensemble of radiative‐convective equilibrium simulations

AA Wing, CL Stauffer, T Becker… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Radiative‐Convective Equilibrium Model Intercomparison Project (RCEMIP) is
an intercomparison of multiple types of numerical models configured in radiative‐convective …

Thermodynamic control of anvil cloud amount

S Bony, B Stevens, D Coppin… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
General circulation models show that as the surface temperature increases, the convective
anvil clouds shrink. By analyzing radiative–convective equilibrium simulations, we show that …