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Comment on the Ocean Albedo and Absorption

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The Solar Engine and Its Influence on Terrestrial Atmosphere and Climate

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According to W. Levingston a change of the solar energy distribution (with total flux conserved) could have an impact on climate through changes of the ocean albedo or absorption. His idea is based on the water absorption curve given by Smith and Baker (1978), showing a sharp increase in absorption at wavelength longer than 500nm. In the following we comment on this hypothesis.

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  1. Laboratoire de Modélisation du Climat et de L’Environnement, CEA-DSM, Orme des Merisiers, CE-SACLAY, 91191, Gif Sur Yvette Cedex, France

    P. Braconnot

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  1. CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, 5, place Jules Janssen, F-92195, Meudon, France

    Elizabeth Nesme-Ribes

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Braconnot, P. (1994). Comment on the Ocean Albedo and Absorption. In: Nesme-Ribes, E. (eds) The Solar Engine and Its Influence on Terrestrial Atmosphere and Climate. NATO ASI Series, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79257-1_33

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