THermostat sUpergreenhouse Multi-instrument Bridge
Project Abstract
A group of scientists at JPL and Caltech are collaborating to explore
the extent to which a suite of current measurements from various
satellite platforms can describe the energy balance in the tropics.
Specifically, this group is aiming to explore the relative roles of a
one-dimensional feedback between sea-surface temperature, convection,
and shortwave- and longwave-forcing by clouds and large-scale dynamical
feedback processes. Ultimately, this research may answer questions
regarding the remarkable temperature stability experienced by the
tropics and if changes loom on the horizon for climate change scenarios.
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What's New
- Meeting to discuss research scope - Jan 24, 2006
- From Hui Su - cloud forcing as determined by MLS measurements
input to the Fu-Liou code produces reasonable TOA and surface
forcings
- Monthly- or seasonal-averages of LW and SW cloud forcing should
produce qualitatively similar results to MLS annual average cloud
forcing, but this should be tested.
- From Baijun - Calculation of fluxes and heating rates in the
middle-atmosphere could have important implications for tropical
energy feedbacks.
- From Dan - Formulation of benchmarks at ARM TWP sites should be
very useful for constraining middle-troposphere fluxes and cooling
rates
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