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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-14603-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-14603-2022
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17 Nov 2022
Research article |  | 17 Nov 2022

Southern Ocean cloud and shortwave radiation biases in a nudged climate model simulation: does the model ever get it right?

Sonya L. Fiddes, Alain Protat, Marc D. Mallet, Simon P. Alexander, and Matthew T. Woodhouse

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Climate models have difficulty simulating Southern Ocean clouds, impacting how much sunlight reaches the surface. We use machine learning to group different cloud types observed from satellites and simulated in a climate model. We find the model does a poor job of simulating the same cloud type as what the satellite shows and, even when it does, the cloud properties and amount of reflected sunlight are incorrect. We have a lot of work to do to model clouds correctly over the Southern Ocean.
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