Reply to: 'Tropical cirrus and water vapor: an effective Earth infrared iris feedback?'

In assessing the iris effect suggested by Lindzen et al. (2001), Fu et al. (2002) found that the response of high-level clouds to the sea surface temperature had an effect of reducing the climate sensitivity to external radiative forcing, but the effect was not as strong as LCH found. The approac...

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Main Authors: M.-D. Chou, R. S. Lindzen, A. Y. Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2002-01-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/2/99/2002/acp-2-99-2002.pdf