Can thin cirrus clouds in the tropics provide a solution to the faint young Sun paradox?
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In this paper we present radiative‐convective simulations to test the idea that tropical cirrus clouds, acting as a negative feedback on climate, can provide a solution to the faint young Sun paradox. We find that global mean surface temperatures above freezing can indeed be found for luminosities larger than about 0.8 (corresponding to ∼2.9 Ga and nearly complete tropical cirrus coverage). For luminosities smaller than 0.8, even though global mean surface temperatures are below freezing, tropical mean temperatures are still above freezing, indicating the possibility of a partially ice‐free Earth for the Early Archean. We discuss possible mechanisms for the functioning of this negative feedback. While it is feasible for tropical cirrus to completely eliminate the paradox, it is similarly possible for tropical cirrus to reduce the amounts of other greenhouse gases needed for solving the paradox and therefore easing the constraints on CO 2 and CH 4 that appear to be in disagreement with geological evidence.
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Some FYS hypotheses invoke clouds: that the Archean Bond albedo was low because of substantially different cloud cover or that abundant high-altitude cirrus clouds warmed early Earth.
“Some FYS hypotheses invoke clouds: that the Archean Bond albedo was low because of substantially different cloud cover (170, 209) or that abundant high-altitude cirrus clouds warmed early Earth (210).”
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- Authors
- Rondanelli, R., & Lindzen, R. S.
- Affiliations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 2010-01-26
- Volume
- 115
- Issue
- D2
- ISSN
- 0148-0227 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2158118143
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 4.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (publishedVersion)
- Universidad de Chile (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Keywords
- faint young Sun paradox, tropical cirrus clouds, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane, paleoclimate
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