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Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-317-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-317-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
21 Feb 2018
 | 21 Feb 2018

Surface and top-of-atmosphere radiative feedback kernels for CESM-CAM5

Angeline G. Pendergrass, Andrew Conley, and Francis M. Vitt

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We document and validate radiative kernels for the surface and top-of-atmosphere calculated with NCAR's CESM1 climate model. A radiative kernel is the change in radiation in response to a small change in a property of the atmosphere or surface, essentially a partial derivative. They are used to quantify temperature, water vapor, surface albedo, and cloud feedbacks. We made these kernels because few are available for the surface. We also validate the kernels against the expected model responses.
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