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Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2405-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2405-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
Data description article
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06 Jun 2025
Data description article |  | 06 Jun 2025

Estimation of long-term gridded cloud radiative kernel and radiative effects based on cloud fraction

Xinyan Liu, Tao He, Qingxin Wang, Xiongxin Xiao, Yichuan Ma, Yanyan Wang, Shanjun Luo, Lei Du, and Zhaocong Wu

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This study addresses the challenge of how clouds affect the Earth's energy balance, which is vital for understanding climate change. We developed a new method to create long-term cloud radiative kernels to improve the accuracy of measurements of sunlight reaching the surface, which significantly reduces errors. Findings suggest that prior estimates of cloud cooling effects may have been overstated, emphasizing the need for better strategies to manage climate change impacts in the Arctic.
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