scholarly journals Evaluating hourly rainfall characteristics over the U.S. Great Plains in dynamically downscaled climate model simulations using NASA‐Unified WRF

2017 ◽  
Vol 122 (14) ◽  
pp. 7371-7384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huikyo Lee ◽  
Duane E. Waliser ◽  
Robert Ferraro ◽  
Takamichi Iguchi ◽  
Christa D. Peters‐Lidard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Plains ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Rainfall Characteristics ◽  
Model Simulations ◽  
Hourly Rainfall ◽  
Climate Model Simulations ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Using ARM Observations to Evaluate Climate Model Simulations of Land-Atmosphere Coupling on the U.S. Southern Great Plains

2017 ◽  
Vol 122 (21) ◽  
pp. 11,524-11,548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Phillips ◽  
Stephen A. Klein ◽  
Hsi-Yen Ma ◽  
Qi Tang ◽  
Shaocheng Xie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Plains ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Model Simulations ◽  
Southern Great Plains ◽  
Climate Model Simulations ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Anthropogenic forcing and response yield observed positive trend in Earth’s energy imbalance

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiv Priyam Raghuraman ◽  
David Paynter ◽  
V. Ramaswamy
Keyword(s):  
Radiative Forcing ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Solar Spectrum ◽  
Internal Variability ◽  
Satellite Observations ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Energy Imbalance ◽  
Model Simulations ◽  
Heat Uptake ◽  
Climate Model Simulations

AbstractThe observed trend in Earth’s energy imbalance (TEEI), a measure of the acceleration of heat uptake by the planet, is a fundamental indicator of perturbations to climate. Satellite observations (2001–2020) reveal a significant positive globally-averaged TEEI of 0.38 ± 0.24 Wm−2decade−1, but the contributing drivers have yet to be understood. Using climate model simulations, we show that it is exceptionally unlikely (<1% probability) that this trend can be explained by internal variability. Instead, TEEI is achieved only upon accounting for the increase in anthropogenic radiative forcing and the associated climate response. TEEI is driven by a large decrease in reflected solar radiation and a small increase in emitted infrared radiation. This is because recent changes in forcing and feedbacks are additive in the solar spectrum, while being nearly offset by each other in the infrared. We conclude that the satellite record provides clear evidence of a human-influenced climate system.

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