Tropical Rainstorm Feedback

Noor van Andel
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Noor van Andel: Fiwihex bv‥ In sustainable energy innovation Burgemeester Stroinkstraat 341, 7547 RH Twekkelo The Netherlands

Energy & Environment, 2010, vol. 21, issue 4, 217-224

Abstract: In the set of radiative feedbacks to global warming due to a doubling of the CO 2 concentration, from all the models the increase in latent heat transfer as a consequence of an increase of [sea] surface temperature is left out. Starting from measurements of increased evaporation and increase of wind speed as a function of sea surface temperature increase, I derive a large global feedback of −20 Wm −2 K −1 . This negative feedback is much larger than the balance of feedbacks, range +0.8 to +2 Wm −2 K −1 , included in the climate models. If the latent heat transfer feedback, i.e. tropical rainstorms, would be included in the models, the local climate sensitivity would decrease from 1.5 to 4 °C for a doubling of CO 2 to less than 0.2 °C. This is lower than the temperature variations due to solar magnetic, ocean current and volcanic aerosol effects

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.21.4.217

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