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Publication date: 1 October 2024

Source: Advances in Space Research, Volume 74, Issue 7

Author(s): Chengfan Feng, Xiangyuan Zeng, Ziwen Li, Qingbo Gan

Publication date: 1 October 2024

Source: Advances in Space Research, Volume 74, Issue 7

Author(s): ZhongJie Shen, Di Wang, Alireza Arabameri, M. Santosh, Johnbosco C. Egbueri, Aman Arora

Publication date: 1 October 2024

Source: Advances in Space Research, Volume 74, Issue 7

Author(s): Youtao Gao, Chaoyong Hu, Yinghui Xin, Kailun Jiang, Bo Xu, Binghao Wang, Jianhua Zhou

Publication date: 1 October 2024

Source: Advances in Space Research, Volume 74, Issue 7

Author(s): Chen Yang, Yinde Liu

Publication date: 1 October 2024

Source: Advances in Space Research, Volume 74, Issue 7

Author(s): Lei Xie, Xiang Zhou, Hong-Bo Zhang, Guo-Jian Tang

The Colorado River is a vital source of water in the Western United States, providing drinking water for homes and irrigation for farms in seven states, but the basin is under increasing pressure from climate change and drought. A new computational tool developed by a research team, led by Penn State scientists, may help the region adapt to a complex and uncertain future.

Abstract

In this study, we investigate the representation of the global mean energy balance components in 10 atmospheric reanalyses, and compare their magnitudes with recent reference estimates as well as the ones simulated by the latest generation of climate models from the 6th phase of the coupled model intercomparison project (CMIP6). Despite the assimilation of comprehensive observational data in reanalyses, the spread amongst the magnitudes of their global energy balance components generally remains substantial, up to more than 20 Wm−2 in some quantities, and their consistency is typically not higher than amongst the much less observationally constrained CMIP6 models. Relative spreads are particularly large in the reanalysis global mean latent heat fluxes (exceeding 20%) and associated intensity of the global water cycle, as well as in the energy imbalances at the top-of-atmosphere and surface. A comparison of reanalysis runs in full assimilation mode with corresponding runs constrained only by sea surface temperatures reveals marginal differences in their global mean energy balance components. This indicates that discrepancies in the global energy balance components caused by the different model formulations amongst the reanalyses are hardly alleviated by the imposed observational constraints from the assimilation process. Similar to climate models, reanalyses overestimate the global mean surface downward shortwave radiation and underestimate the surface downward longwave radiation by 3–7 Wm−2. While reanalyses are of tremendous value as references for many atmospheric parameters, they currently may not be suited to serve as references for the magnitudes of the global mean energy balance components.

Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

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Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

Author(s): Zühal Kurt, Sinan Kaan Yerli, Nazım Aksaker, Alişan Aktay, Mehmet Akif Erdoğan

Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

Author(s): Mehmet Bilgili, Tahir Durhasan, Engin Pinar

Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

Author(s): Muhammad Haseeb, Zainab Tahir, Syed Amer Mahmood, Hania Arif, Khalid F. Almutairi, Walid Soufan, Aqil Tariq

Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

Author(s): Baris Baykant Alagoz, Cemal Keles, Abdullah Ates, Burhan Baran

Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

Author(s): Vishnu Rajendra Kumar, Richard L. Collins, Bhavani Kumar Yellapragada

Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

Author(s): Mohit Kumar, Kaustav Chakravarty, Sachin Deshpande, Sumit Kumar, Atul Srivastava

Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

Author(s): Ronabson C. Fernandes, Henderson S. Wanderley, André L. Carvalho, Everton Frigo

Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

Author(s): M.A. Sodunke, J.S. Ojo, Arijit De

Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

Author(s): Alexander A. Massoud, Fabiano S. Rodrigues, Jonas Sousasantos, Marco A. Milla, Danny E. Scipion, Joab M. Apaza, Karim M. Kuyeng, Carlos Padin

Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

Author(s): Durga N. Kafle, Vincent B. Wickwar, Joshua P. Herron, Jonathan Price

Publication date: October 2024

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 263

Author(s): G.R. Swenson, C.P. Philbrick, R.L. Walterscheid, J.H. Hecht

Publication date: Available online 16 September 2024

Source: Advances in Space Research

Author(s): Florian Wöske, Moritz Huckfeldt, Benny Rievers