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Articles | Volume 22, issue 24
Articles | Volume 22, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-15767-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-15767-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 24
Research article
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16 Dec 2022
Research article |  | 16 Dec 2022

Equilibrium climate sensitivity increases with aerosol concentration due to changes in precipitation efficiency

Guy Dagan

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Using idealized simulations we demonstrate that the equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS), i.e. the increase in surface temperature under equilibrium conditions due to doubling of the CO2 concentration, increases with the aerosol concentration. The ECS increase is explained by a faster increase in precipitation efficiency with warming under high aerosol concentrations, which more efficiently depletes the water from the cloud and thus is manifested as an increase in the cloud feedback parameter.
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