Cloud feedback

Clouds. Cloud feedback mechanisms are among the most complex in the climate system, due to the many disparate roles played by clouds, which control a large portion of the planetary albedo but also trap terrestrial radiation, reducing the energy escaping to space. To complicate matters further, different t5 es of clouds behave differently in the same environment. In the present climate mode, clouds have... 

Global water cycle. Impact of cloud feedbacks. 

Cloud Feedback. Cloud feedback mechanisms are extremely complex and are still poorly understood. Changes in cloud type, amount, altitude, and water content can all affect the extent of the climatic feedback. 

Reflectivity that varies fi om less than 10 to more than 90% of the insolation and depends on drop sizes, liquid water content, water vapor content, thickness of the cloud, and the sun s zenith angle. The smaller the drops and the greater the liquid water content, the greater the cloud albedo, if all other factors are the same, cloud feedback... 

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