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Comparison of radiative feedback variability over multiple time scales in climate model and reanalysis data

Creator:

Dalton, Meghan M.

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In a steady state, the Earth's absorbed solar radiation (ASR) balances the outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) at the top of the atmosphere (TOA). In response to a radiative forcing, that is, an external perturbation to the top of the atmosphere energy balance, the Earth's climate system adjusts until reaching a...

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Masters Thesis

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Review 2.1 Earth's Energy Balance The rate of change of the global temperature of the Earth is governed
Investigating climate feedbacks across forcing magnitudes and time scales using the radiative kernel technique

Creator:

Jonko, Alexandra

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Radiative feedbacks associated with changes in water vapor, temperature, surface albedo and clouds remain a major source of uncertainty in our understanding of climate's response to anthropogenic forcing. In this dissertation climate model data is used to investigate variations in feedbacks that result from changing CO₂ forcing and the time...

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Dissertation

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Modeling Arctic melt ponds using a resolved ice model with GCM forcing

Creator:

Collins, Lee E.

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The albedo of Arctic sea ice depends greatly on the formation of melt ponds. These ponds form in depressions on the ice as surface snow melts during the summer months, and their location is determined mainly by the initial snow topography. Using a high resolution sea ice model forced with...

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Masters Thesis

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averaged surface temperature of the Earth remains constant, with zero net change in the total energy of