Title :
The decadal tropical mean radiation data and the Iris hypothesis
Author :
Lin, Bing ; Wong, Takmeng ; Wielicki, Bruce A. ; Hu, Yongxiang
Author_Institution :
Atmos. Sci. Res., NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Abstract :
This study examines the evidence of the strong negative climate feedback of the Iris hypothesis using decadal satellite observations of tropical mean radiative energy budget anomalies, and finds that the decadal satellite measurements do not support the Iris effect.
Keywords :
atmospheric radiation; atmospheric techniques; climatology; direct broadcasting by satellite; satellite tracking; Iris hypothesis; decadal satellite measurements; decadal satellite observations; decadal tropical mean radiation data; strong negative climate feedback; tropical mean radiative energy budget anomalies; Clouds; Data analysis; Earth; Iris; Large-scale systems; Negative feedback; Ocean temperature; Satellites; Sea surface; Solar heating;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294732
