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 …

Observations of clouds, aerosols, precipitation, and surface radiation over the Southern Ocean: An overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS, MICRE, and SOCRATES

GM McFarquhar, CS Bretherton… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Weather and climate models are challenged by uncertainties and biases in simulating
Southern Ocean (SO) radiative fluxes that trace to a poor understanding of cloud, aerosol …

The Meteorological Research Institute Earth System Model version 2.0, MRI-ESM2. 0: Description and basic evaluation of the physical component

S Yukimoto, H Kawai, T Koshiro, N Oshima… - Journal of the …, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Abstract The new Meteorological Research Institute Earth System Model version 2.0 (MRI-
ESM2. 0) has been developed based on previous models, MRI-CGCM3 and MRI-ESM1 …

Antarctic sea ice area in CMIP6

LA Roach, J Dörr, CR Holmes… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fully coupled climate models have long shown a wide range of Antarctic sea ice states and
evolution over the satellite era. Here, we present a high‐level evaluation of Antarctic sea ice …

Earth system modeling 2.0: A blueprint for models that learn from observations and targeted high‐resolution simulations

T Schneider, S Lan, A Stuart… - Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate projections continue to be marred by large uncertainties, which originate in
processes that need to be parameterized, such as clouds, convection, and ecosystems. But …

Response of the intertropical convergence zone to climate change: Location, width, and strength

MP Byrne, AG Pendergrass, AD Rapp… - Current climate change …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is a planetary-scale
band of heavy precipitation close to the equator. Here, we consider the response of the ITCZ …

Monsoons, ITCZs, and the concept of the global monsoon

R Geen, S Bordoni, DS Battisti, K Hui - Reviews of Geophysics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Earth's tropical and subtropical rainbands, such as Intertropical Convergence Zones (ITCZs)
and monsoons, are complex systems, governed by both large‐scale constraints on the …

Subtropical clouds key to Southern Ocean teleconnections to the tropical Pacific

H Kim, SM Kang, JE Kay… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Excessive precipitation over the southeastern tropical Pacific is a major common bias that
persists through generations of global climate models. While recent studies suggest an …

Opinion: Cloud-phase climate feedback and the importance of ice-nucleating particles

BJ Murray, KS Carslaw, PR Field - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Shallow clouds covering vast areas of the world's middle-and high-latitude oceans play a
key role in dampening the global temperature rise associated with CO 2. These clouds …

The low‐resolution version of HadGEM3 GC3. 1: Development and evaluation for global climate

T Kuhlbrodt, CG Jones, A Sellar… - Journal of advances …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A new climate model, HadGEM3 N96ORCA1, is presented that is part of the GC3. 1
configuration of HadGEM3. N96ORCA1 has a horizontal resolution of~ 135 km in the …