The response of stratospheric water vapor to climate change driven by different forcing agents

Wang, Xun; Dessler, Andrew E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13267-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13267-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13267-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 21

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10 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 10 Nov 2020

The response of stratospheric water vapor to climate change driven by different forcing agents

Xun Wang and Andrew E. Dessler

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RC1: 'The response of stratospheric water vapor to climate change driven by different forcing agents', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Response to comment from Anonymous Referee #2', Xun Wang, 06 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Review of “The response of stratospheric water vapor to climate change driven by different forcing agents” by Wang and Dessler', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jul 2020
- SC1: 'Response to comment from Anonymous Referee #1', Xun Wang, 17 Aug 2020

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Sep 2020) by Mathias Palm

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We investigate the response of stratospheric water vapor (SWV) to different forcing agents, including greenhouse gases and aerosols. For most forcing agents, the SWV response is dominated by a slow response, which is coupled to surface temperature changes and exhibits a similar sensitivity to the surface temperature across all forcing agents. The fast SWV adjustment due to forcing is important when the forcing agent directly heats the cold-point region, e.g., black carbon.