water vapor and cloud feedback related papers



  • Tian B., B. J. Soden, X. Wu (2004), Diurnal cycle of convection, clouds, and water vapor in the tropical upper troposphere: Satellites versus a general circulation model, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D10101, doi:10.1029/2003JD004117.

  • Potter G. L., R. D. Cess, 2004: Testing the impact of clouds on the radiation budgets of 19 atmospheric general circulation models, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D02106, doi:10.1029/2003JD004018.

  • Dai, A., and K. E. Trenberth, 2004: The diurnal cycle and its depiction in the Community Climate System Model. J. Clim., 17, 930-951.

  • Zhang, M., W. Lin, C. S. Bretherton, J. J. Hack, and P. J. Rasch, 2003: A modified formulation of fractional stratiform condensation rate in the NCAR community atmospheric model (CAM2). J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D1), 4035, doi:10.1029/2002JD002523.

  • Larson, K., and D. L. Hartmann, 2003a: Interactions among cloud, water vapor, radiation, and large-scale circulation in the tropical climate. Part I: Sensitivity to uniform sea surface temperature changes. J. Clim., 16, 1425-1440.

  • Larson, K., and D. L. Hartmann, 2003b: Interactions among cloud, water vapor, radiation, and large-scale circulation in the tropical climate. Part II: Sensitivity to spatial gradients of sea surface temperature. J. Clim., 16, 1441-1455.

  • Soden, B. J., R. T. Wetherald, G. L. Stenchikov, and A. Robock, 2002: Global cooling after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo: A test of climate feedback by water vapor. Science., 296, 727-730.

  • Lin, B., B. Wielicki, L. Chambers, Y. Hu, and K.-M. Xu, 2002: The iris hypothesis: A neg ative or positive cloud feedback?. J. Clim., 15, 3-7.

  • Hartmann, D. L., and K. Larson, 2002: An important constraint on tropical cloud-climate feedback. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2002GL015835.

  • Ingram, W. J., 2002: On the robustness of the water vapor feedback: GCM vertical resolution and formulation. J. Clim., 15, 917-921.

  • Allan, R. P., V. Ramaswamy, and A. Slingo, 2002: Diagnostic analysis of atmospheric moisture and clear-sky radiative feedback in the Hadley Centre and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) climate models, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D17), 4329, doi:10.1029/2001JD001131.

  • Hartmann, D. L., L. A. Moy, and Q. Fu, 2001: Tropical Convection and the Energy Balance at the Top of the Atmosphere. J. Clim., 14, 4495-4511.

  • Lindzen, R. S., M.-D. Chou, A. Y. Hou, 2001: Does the earth have an adaptive iris? Bull. Amer.. Meteor. Soc., 82, 417-432.

  • Pope, V. D., J. A. Pamment, D. R. Jackson, and A. Slingo, 2001: The representation of water vapor and its dependence on vertical resolution in the Hadley Centre climate model. J. Clim., 14, 3065-3085.

  • Hall, A., and S. Manabe, 2000: Suppression of ENSO in a coupled model without water vapor feedback. Clim. Dyn., 16, 393-403.

  • Held, I. M., and B. J. Soden, 2000: Water vapor feedback and global warming. Annu. Rev. Energy Environ., 25, 441-475.

  • Salathe, E. P., and D. L. Hartmann, 2000: Subsidence and upper-tropospheric drying along trajectories in a general circulation model. J. Clim., 13, 257-263.

  • Soden, B. J., and S. R. Schroeder, 2000: Decadal variations in tropical water vapor: A comparison of observations and a model simulation. J. Clim., 13, 3337-3341.

  • Slingo, A., J. A. Pamment, R. P. Allan, and P. Wilson, Water vapor feedbacks in the ECMWF reanalyses and Hadley Centre climate model, J. Clim., 13, 3080-3098, 2000.

  • Soden, B. J., The sensitivity of the tropical hydrological cycle to ENSO, J. Clim., 13, 538-549, 2000.

  • Hall, A., and S. Manabe, 1999: The role of water vapor feedback in unperturbed climate variability and global warming. J. Clim., 12, 2327-2346.

  • Larson, K., D. L. Hartmann, and S. A. Klein, 1999: The Role of Clouds, Water Vapor, Circulation and Boundary Layer Structure in the Sensitivity of the Tropical Climate. J. Clim., 12, 2359-2374.

  • Schneider, E. K., B. P. Kirtman, and R. S. Lindzen, 1999: Tropospheric water vapor and climate sensitivity. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 1649-1658.

  • Sherwood, S. C., 1999: Feedbacks in a Simple Prognostic Tropical Climate Model. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 2178-2200.

  • Inamdar, A. K., and V. Ramanathan, 1998: Tropical and global scale interactions among water vapor, atmospheric greenhouse effect, and surface temperature. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 32177-32194.

  • Yang, H., and K. K. Tung, 1998: Water vapor, surface temperature, and the greenhouse effectA statistical analysis of tropical-mean data. J. Clim., 11, 2686-2697.

  • Rasch, P. J., and J. E. Kristjansson, 1998: A comparison of the CCM3 model climate using diagnosed and predicted condensate parameterizations. J. Climate, 11, 1587-1614.

  • Kiehl, J. T., J. J. Hack, and J. W. Hurrell, 1998b: The energy budget of the NCAR Community Climate Model: CCM3. J. Climate, 11, 1151-1178.

  • Soden, B. J., 1997: Variations in the tropical greenhouse effect during El Nino. J. Clim., 10, 1050-1055.

  • Bony, S., K.-M. Lau, and Y. C. Sud, 1997: Sea surface temperature and large-scale circulation influences on tropical greenhouse effect and cloud radiative forcing. J. Clim., 10, 2055-2077.

  • Cess, R. D. et al., 1996: Cloud feedback in atmospheric general circulation models: An update. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 12791-12794.

  • Lau, K.-M., C.-H. Ho, and M.-D. Chou, 1996: Water vapor and cloud feedback over the tropical oceans: Can we use ENSO as a surrogate for climatic change? Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2971-2974.

  • Soden, B. J., and R. Fu, 1995: A satellite analysis of deep convection, upper-tropospheric humidity, and the greenhouse effect. J. Clim., 8, 2333-2351.

  • Sherwood, S. C., V. Ramanathan, T. P. Barnett, M. K. Tyree, and E. Roeckner, 1994: Response of an atmospheric general circulation model to radiative forcing of tropical clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 20829-20845.

  • Kiehl, J. T., 1994: On the observed near cancellation between longwave and shortwave cloud forcing in tropical regions. J. Clim., 7, 559-565.

  • Chou, M. D., 1994: Coolness in the tropical Pacific during an El Nino episode. J. Clim., 7, 1684-1692.

  • Klein, S. A., and D. L. Hartmann, 1993: The seasonal cycle of low stratiform clouds. J. Clim., 6, 1587-1606.

  • Hartmann, D. L., and M. L. Michelsen, 1993: Large-scale effects on regulation of tropical sea surface temperature. J. Clim., 6, 2049-2062.

  • Hartmann, D. L., M. E. Ockert-Bell, and M. L. Michelsen, 1992: The effect of cloud type on Earth's energy balance: Global analysis. J. Clim., 5, 1281-1304.

  • Hartmann, D. L., and D. E. Doelling, 1991: On the net radiative effectiveness of clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 869-891.

  • Xu, K.-M., and S. K. Krueger, 1991: Evaluation of cloudiness parameterizations using a cumulus ensemble model, Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 342-367.

  • Rind, D., E.-W. Chiou, W. Chu, J. Larsen, S. Oltmans, J. Lerner, M. P. McCormick, and L. McMas ter,1991: Positive water vapour feedback in climate models confirmed by satellite data.Nature ,349, 500-503.

  • Lindzen, R. S., 1990: Some coolness concerning global warming. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 71, 288-299.

  • Cess, R. D., and Coauthors, 1990: Intercomparison and interpretation of climate feedback processes in 19 atmospheric general-circulation models. J. Geophys. Res., 95, 16601-16615.

  • Raval, A., and V. Ramanathan, 1989: Observational determination of the greenhouse effect. Nature, 342, 758-762.

  • Wetherald, R. T., and S. Manabe, 1988: Cloud feedback processes in a general circulation model. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 1397-1415.

  • Slingo, J. M., 1987: The development and verification of a cloud prediction scheme for the ECMWF model. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 113, 899-927.

  • Wetherald, R. T., and S. Manabe, 1980: Cloud cover and climate sensitivity. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 1485-1510.

  • Manabe, S., and R. T. Wetherald, 1967: Thermal equilibrium of the atmosphere with a given distribution of relative humidity. J. Atmos. Sci., 24, 241-259.

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