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.
Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1994
Subjects:
Solar Energy
540210
Mathematics And Computers
Oceanic Circulation
99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics
Computing
And Information Science
Radiant Heat Transfer
Seas
General Circulation Models
540110
Solar Flux
Climatic Change
Cloud Cover
Basic Studies
54 Environmental Sciences
Air-Biosphere Interactions 990200
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2172/10162018
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1385616/
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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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