Are atmospheric updrafts a key to unlocking climate forcing and
sensitivity?

Donner, Leo J.; O'Brien, Travis A.; Rieger, Daniel; Vogel, Bernhard; Cooke, William F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12983-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 20

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12983-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12983-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 20

Review article

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20 Oct 2016

Review article |

| 20 Oct 2016

Are atmospheric updrafts a key to unlocking climate forcing and sensitivity?

Leo J. Donner, Travis A. O'Brien, Daniel Rieger, Bernhard Vogel, and William F. Cooke

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Donner et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Review 1', Leo Donner, 18 Aug 2016
RC2: 'review of "Are Atmospheric Updrafts a Key to Unlocking Climate Forcing and Sensitivity? by Donner et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Jul 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Review 2', Leo Donner, 18 Aug 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Leo Donner on behalf of the Authors (19 Aug 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Aug 2016) by Martina Krämer

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (30 Aug 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Sep 2016)

ED: Publish as is (21 Sep 2016) by Martina Krämer

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Short summary

Uncertainties in both climate forcing and sensitivity limit the extent to which climate projections can meet society's needs for actionable climate science. Advances in observing and modeling atmospheric vertical velocities provide a potential breakthrough in understanding climate forcing and sensitivity, with concurrent reductions in uncertainty.