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2021: The Year Scientists Increasingly Ascribed Shortwave-Modulating Cloud Variability As A Climate Driver
By Kenneth Richard on 3. February 2022
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“Clouds may be the most important parameter controlling the radiation budget, and, hence the Earth climate.” – Sfîcă et al., 2021
It has become more and more common for scientists to attribute modern radiation budget (climate) changes to variations in cloud cover.
This should not be surprising. It’s been pointed out (van Heerwaarden et al., 2021) that removing clouds from atmosphere at noon leads to +251 W/m² additional radiative forcing. Compare this value to the entirety of the cumulative CO2 forcing since 1750: 1.82 W/m².
https://notrickszone.com/2022/02/03/2021-the-year-scientists-ascribed-shortwave-modulating-cloud-variability-as-the-driver-of-climate/