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Mark D. Zelinka
Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Contributions From Cloud Morphological Changes to the Interannual Shortwave Cloud Feedback Based on MODIS and ISCCP Satellite Observations
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
18 april 2024
Mark D. Zelinka, Ivy Tan, Quentin Coopman, Brian H...

The surface temperature‐mediated change in cloud properties, referred to as the cloud feedback, continues to dominate the uncertainty in clim...

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Larger Cloud Liquid Water Enhances Both Aerosol Indirect Forcing and Cloud Radiative Feedback in Two Earth System Models
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
24 january 2024
Xi Zhao, Xiaohong Liu, Lin Lin, Yi Qin, Mark D. Ze...

Previous studies have noticed that the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) models with a stronger cooling from aerosol‐clou...

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Evaluating Cloud Feedback Components in Observations and Their Representation in Climate Models
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
22 january 2024
Li-Wei Chao, Mark D. Zelinka, Andrew E. Dessler

This study quantifies the contribution of individual cloud feedbacks to the total short‐term cloud feedback in satellite observations over th...

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Causes of Reduced Climate Sensitivity in E3SM From Version 1 to Version 2
JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS
09 january 2024
Yi Qin, Xue Zheng, Stephen A. Klein, Mark D. Zelin...

The effective climate sensitivity in the Department of Energy's Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) has decreased from 5.3 K in version ...

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Clouds and Their Climatic Impact: Radiation, Circulation, and Precipitation
AGU BOOK SERIES
15 december 2023
Andrew S. Ackerman, Alessandro Battaglia, Gilles B...
"Exploring how clouds influence radiation, circulation, and precipitation...
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Constraining CMIP cloud phase using observations
MICROPHYSICAL AND MACROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND PROCESSES OF ICE AND MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS: LINKING IN SITU AND REMOTE SENSING OBSERVATIONS AND MULTISCALE MODELS II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Grégory Cesana, Andrew S. Ackerman, Ann M. Fridlin...
The increase of CO2-doubling-induced warming (climate sensitivity) in the latest Earth system models (ESMs) is primarily attributed to a larger extrat...
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Contributions From Cloud Morphological Changes to the Interannual Southern Ocean Cloud Feedback Based on MODIS and ISCCP Satellite Observations
AEROSOL, CLOUD, PRECIPITATION, AND RADIATION STUDIES OVER HIGH-LATITUDE OCEANS I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 14 december 2023
Ivy Tan, Mark D. Zelinka, Quentin Coopman, Brian H...
The surface temperature-mediated change in cloud properties, referred to as the cloud feedback continues to dominate the uncertainty in climate projec...
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Influence of Climatological Biases in Clouds and Precipitation on Regional Cloud Feedbacks
BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 14 december 2023
Chad W. Thackeray, Mark D. Zelinka, Jesse Norris, ...
Global climate model (GCM) projections remain hindered by a persistent spread in cloud feedbacks. This is despite efforts to reduce this model uncerta...
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