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The ‘too few, too bright’ tropical low-cloud problem in CMIP5 models.

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Nam, C., Bony, S., Dufresne, J.‐L., Chepfer, H.·2012·Geophysical Research Letters

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Previous generations of climate models have been shown to under‐estimate the occurrence of tropical low‐level clouds and to over‐estimate their radiative effects. This study analyzes outputs from multiple climate models participating in the Fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) using the Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project Observations Simulator Package (COSP), and compares them with different satellite data sets. Those include CALIPSO lidar observations, PARASOL mono‐directional reflectances and CERES radiative fluxes at the top of the atmosphere. We show that current state‐of‐the‐art climate models predict overly bright low‐clouds, even for a correct low‐cloud cover. The impact of these biases on the Earth' radiation budget, however, is reduced by compensating errors. Those include the tendency of models to under‐estimate the low‐cloud cover and to over‐estimate the occurrence of mid‐ and high‐clouds above low‐clouds. Finally, we show that models poorly represent the dependence of the vertical structure of low‐clouds on large‐scale environmental conditions. The implications of this ‘too few, too bright low‐cloud problem’ for climate sensitivity and model development are discussed.

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Authors: Nam, C., Bony, S., Dufresne, J. ‐., & Chepfer, H.
Affiliations: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author: Nam, C.
ORCID: Nam, C.
Bony, S.
Dufresne, J.‐L.
Chepfer, H.
Venue: Geophysical Research Letters
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Published: 2012-11
Volume: 39
Issue: 21
Pages: L21801
ISSN: 0094-8276 (ISSN-L)
1944-8007
DOI: 10.1029/2012gl053421
OpenAlex: W1925502865
Cited by: 375
References: 35
Citations by year: 2026: 10 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 29 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 6
FWCI: 13.30
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Geophysical Research Letters (publishedVersion)
HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders: European Commission
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Keywords: cloud radiative effects, cloud vertical structure, cloud feedback, Earth radiation budget, cloud model evaluation, CALIPSO lidar, climate sensitivity, CMIP5

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