On the Radiative and Dynamical Feedbacks over the Equatorial Pacific Cold Tongue
On the Radiative and Dynamical Feedbacks over the Equatorial Pacific Cold Tongue
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DOI:
10.1175/2786.1
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发表时间:
2003-07
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
De-Zheng Sun;J. Fasullo;Tao Zhang;A. Roubicek
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作者:
De-Zheng Sun;J. Fasullo;Tao Zhang;A. Roubicek
Abstract An analysis of the climatic feedbacks in the NCAR Community Climate Model, version 3 (CCM3) over the equatorial Pacific cold tongue is presented. Using interannual signals in the underlying SST, the radiative and dynamical feedbacks have been calculated using both observations and outputs from the NCAR CCM3. The results show that the positive feedback from the greenhouse effect of water vapor in the model largely agrees with that from observations. The dynamical feedback from the atmospheric transport in the model is also comparable to that from observations. However, the negative feedback from the solar forcing of clouds in the model is significantly weaker than the observed, while the positive feedback from the greenhouse effect of clouds is significantly larger. Consequently, the net atmospheric feedback in the CCM3 over the equatorial cold tongue region is strongly positive (5.1 W m−2 K−1), while the net atmospheric feedback in the real atmosphere is strongly negative (−6.4 W m−2 K−1). A furt...