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Observational Constraints on Cloud Feedbacks: The Role of Active Satellite Sensors
Cloud profiling from active lidar and radar in the A-train satellite constellation has significantly advanced our understanding of clouds and their role in the climate system. Nevertheless, the response of clouds to a warming climate remains one of the largest uncertainties in predicting climate cha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6956935/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31997844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10712-017-9452-0 |
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author | Winker, David Chepfer, Helene Noel, Vincent Cai, Xia |
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description | Cloud profiling from active lidar and radar in the A-train satellite constellation has significantly advanced our understanding of clouds and their role in the climate system. Nevertheless, the response of clouds to a warming climate remains one of the largest uncertainties in predicting climate change and for the development of adaptions to change. Both observation of long-term changes and observational constraints on the processes responsible for those changes are necessary. We review recent progress in our understanding of the cloud feedback problem. Capabilities and advantages of active sensors for observing clouds are discussed, along with the importance of active sensors for deriving constraints on cloud feedbacks as an essential component of a global climate observing system. |
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spelling | pubmed-69569352020-01-27 Observational Constraints on Cloud Feedbacks: The Role of Active Satellite Sensors Winker, David Chepfer, Helene Noel, Vincent Cai, Xia Surv Geophys Article Cloud profiling from active lidar and radar in the A-train satellite constellation has significantly advanced our understanding of clouds and their role in the climate system. Nevertheless, the response of clouds to a warming climate remains one of the largest uncertainties in predicting climate change and for the development of adaptions to change. Both observation of long-term changes and observational constraints on the processes responsible for those changes are necessary. We review recent progress in our understanding of the cloud feedback problem. Capabilities and advantages of active sensors for observing clouds are discussed, along with the importance of active sensors for deriving constraints on cloud feedbacks as an essential component of a global climate observing system. Springer Netherlands 2017-11-30 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC6956935/ /pubmed/31997844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10712-017-9452-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Article Winker, David Chepfer, Helene Noel, Vincent Cai, Xia Observational Constraints on Cloud Feedbacks: The Role of Active Satellite Sensors |
title | Observational Constraints on Cloud Feedbacks: The Role of Active Satellite Sensors |
title_full | Observational Constraints on Cloud Feedbacks: The Role of Active Satellite Sensors |
title_fullStr | Observational Constraints on Cloud Feedbacks: The Role of Active Satellite Sensors |
title_full_unstemmed | Observational Constraints on Cloud Feedbacks: The Role of Active Satellite Sensors |
title_short | Observational Constraints on Cloud Feedbacks: The Role of Active Satellite Sensors |
title_sort | observational constraints on cloud feedbacks: the role of active satellite sensors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6956935/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31997844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10712-017-9452-0 |
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