Tropospheric adjustment: The response of two general circulation models to a change in insolation Export

@article{citeulike:5630150, abstract = {The responses of the HadSM3 and NCAR CCM3 general circulation models to a change in solar insolation are compared to their responses to a doubling of CO2 concentration. In both models, it is found that the important difference is a rapid adjustment of the troposphere in the solar case that reduces the value of effective radiative forcing by about 25\%. Clear-sky warming appears to make the major contribution. Subsequent warming of the coupled troposphere, land-surface, ocean mixed-layer system occurs with a very similar sensitivity to that expected under a CO2 forcing of the reduced value. Because of adjustment, the overall precipitation response to solar forcing is similar to, or less than the response to CO2 forcing, despite being smaller per unit temperature change. }, author = {Lambert, F. Hugo and Faull, Nicholas E.}, citeulike-article-id = {5630150}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2006GL028124.shtml}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006GL028124}, day = {2}, doi = {10.1029/2006GL028124}, issn = {0094-8276}, journal = {Geophysical Research Letters}, keywords = {forcing, hydrological\_cycle, modelling, precipitation, processes}, month = {February}, number = {3}, pages = {L03701+}, posted-at = {2009-08-24 10:07:49}, priority = {0}, title = {Tropospheric adjustment: The response of two general circulation models to a change in insolation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006GL028124}, volume = {34}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5630150 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5630150 N2 - The responses of the HadSM3 and NCAR CCM3 general circulation models to a change in solar insolation are compared to their responses to a doubling of CO2 concentration. In both models, it is found that the important difference is a rapid adjustment of the troposphere in the solar case that reduces the value of effective radiative forcing by about 25%. Clear-sky warming appears to make the major contribution. Subsequent warming of the coupled troposphere, land-surface, ocean mixed-layer system occurs with a very similar sensitivity to that expected under a CO2 forcing of the reduced value. Because of adjustment, the overall precipitation response to solar forcing is similar to, or less than the response to CO2 forcing, despite being smaller per unit temperature change. IS - 3 JF - Geophysical Research Letters SN - 0094-8276 TI - Tropospheric adjustment: The response of two general circulation models to a change in insolation VL - 34 SP - L03701 KW - forcing KW - hydrological_cycle KW - modelling KW - precipitation KW - processes AU - Lambert, Hugo AU - Faull, Nicholas PY - 2007/02/02/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006GL028124 ER -