Cloud-radiative effects on implied oceanic energy transports as simulated by atmospheric general circulation models

This paper reports on energy fluxes across the surface of the ocean as simulated by fifteen atmospheric general circulation models in which ocean surface temperatures and sea-ice boundaries are prescribed. The oceanic meridional energy transport that would be required to balance these surface fluxes...

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Main Authors: Gleckler, P.J., Randall, D.A., Boer, G.
Language:unknown
Published: 2008
Subjects:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS
COMPUTING
AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SEAS
RADIANT HEAT TRANSFER
OCEANIC CIRCULATION
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR FLUX
CLOUD COVER
CLIMATIC CHANGE
AIR-BIOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10162018
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10162018
https://doi.org/10.2172/10162018
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Summary:This paper reports on energy fluxes across the surface of the ocean as simulated by fifteen atmospheric general circulation models in which ocean surface temperatures and sea-ice boundaries are prescribed. The oceanic meridional energy transport that would be required to balance these surface fluxes is computed, and is shown to be critically sensitive to the radiative effects of clouds, to the extent that even the sign of the Southern Hemisphere ocean energy transport can be affected by the errors in simulated cloud-radiation interactions.

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