December 26, 2013
Journal Article

CGILS: Results from the First Phase of an International Project to Understand the Physical Mechanisms of Low Cloud Feedbacks in Single Column Models

Abstract

Large Eddy Models (LES) and Single Column Models (SCM) are used in a surrogate climate change 101 to investigate the physical mechanism of low cloud feedbacks in climate models. Enhanced surface-102 driven boundary layer turbulence and shallow convection in a warmer climate are found to be 103 dominant mechanisms in SCMs.

Revised: April 28, 2014 | Published: December 26, 2013

Citation

Zhang M., C.S. Bretherton, P. Blossey, P.A. Austin, J. Bacmeister, S. Bony, and F. Brient, et al. 2013. CGILS: Results from the First Phase of an International Project to Understand the Physical Mechanisms of Low Cloud Feedbacks in Single Column Models. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 5, no. 4:826-842. PNNL-SA-89330. doi:10.1002/2013MS000246