Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Estimated PDFs of Climate System Properties Including Natural and Anthropogenic Forcings
Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Estimated PDFs of Climate System Properties Including Natural and Anthropogenic Forcings
复制标题
全球变化科学与政策联合计划 包括自然和人为强迫在内的气候系统特性的估计 PDF
DOI:
--
复制
发表时间:
2005
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
A. Sokolov
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
C. Forest;P. Stone;A. Sokolov
We present revised probability density functions (PDF) for climate system properties (climate sensitivity, rate of deep-ocean heat uptake, and the net aerosol forcing strength) that include the effect on 20th century temperature changes of natural as well as anthropogenic forcings. The additional natural forcings, primarily the cooling by volcanic eruptions, affect the PDF by requiring a higher climate sensitivity and a lower rate of deepocean heat uptake to reproduce the observed temperature changes. The estimated 90% range of climate sensitivity is 2.4 to 9.2 K. The net aerosol forcing strength for the 1980s decade shifted towards positive values to compensate for the now included volcanic forcing with 90% bounds of –0.7 to –0.16 W/m. The rate of deep-ocean heat uptake is also reduced with the effective diffusivity, Kv, ranging from 0.25 to 7.3 cm/s. This upper bound implies that many coupled atmosphere-ocean GCMs mix heat into the deep ocean (below the mixed layer) too efficiently.