5 papers
A Land-Sea Contrast Pattern in Surface Temperature and Atmospheric Circulation Trends in Recent Decades
Benjamin O. Johnson, Maria Rugenstein
Spatial patterns in observed climate trends remain poorly understood. Here we argue that a warming of land relative to ocean has shaped observed surface temperature and atmospheric…
Recent Weakening of the Global Radiative Feedback
Senne Van Loon, Maria Rugenstein, Mark D. Zelinka +1
Earth's climate stability, characterized by the global radiative feedback parameter (), varies decadally due to changing surface temperature patterns. Recent variations in …
Quantifying the radiative response to surface temperature variability: A critical comparison of current methods
Leif Fredericks, Maria Rugenstein, David W. J. Thompson +8
Over the past decade, it has become clear that the radiative response to surface temperature change depends on the spatially varying structure in the temperature field, a phenomeno…
Spatial Controls of Lower Tropospheric Stability
Senne Van Loon, Maria Rugenstein
Marine low clouds play a crucial role in Earth's radiation budget. These clouds efficiently reflect sunlight and drive the magnitude and sign of the global cloud feedback. Neverthe…
Reanalysis-based Global Radiative Response to Sea Surface Temperature Patterns: Evaluating the Ai2 Climate Emulator
Senne Van Loon, Maria Rugenstein, Elizabeth A. Barnes
The sensitivity of the radiative flux at the top of the atmosphere to surface temperature perturbations cannot be directly observed. The relationship between sea surface temperatur…