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| − | :Cloud cover in | + | :Cloud cover in [[climate model|model]]s is poorly treated and inaccurately predicted. Yet clouds reflect about seventy-five watts per square meter. Given that a doubling of [[carbon dioxide]] would change the [[surface heat flux]] by only two watts per square meter, it is evident that a small change in cloud cover can strongly affect the response to carbon dioxide. [http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv15n2/reg15n2g.html] |
Revision as of 22:45, April 26, 2007
Cloud cover is a sorely neglected factor in debates over global warming.
Richard Lindzen wrote:
- Cloud cover in models is poorly treated and inaccurately predicted. Yet clouds reflect about seventy-five watts per square meter. Given that a doubling of carbon dioxide would change the surface heat flux by only two watts per square meter, it is evident that a small change in cloud cover can strongly affect the response to carbon dioxide. [1]