Articles | Volume 24, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12793-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12793-2024
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19 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 19 Nov 2024

The presence of clouds lowers climate sensitivity in the MPI-ESM1.2 climate model

Andrea Mosso, Thomas Hocking, and Thorsten Mauritsen

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Dataset for: "The presence of clouds lowers climate sensi- tivity in the MPI-ESM1.2 climate model" Andrea Mosso et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10697650

Model code and software

MPI-ESM 1.2.01p7 Model Development Team Max-Planck-Institut für Meterologie https://doi.org/10.17617/3.H44EN5

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Clouds play a crucial role in the Earth's energy balance, as they can either warm up or cool down the area they cover depending on their height and depth. They are expected to alter their behaviour under climate change, affecting the warming generated by greenhouse gases. This paper proposes a new method to estimate their overall effect on this warming by simulating a climate where clouds are transparent. Results show that with the model used, clouds have a stabilising effect on climate.
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