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We are concerned with a globally averaged, time dependent climate model based on a simple hydrological cycle and the heat balance of an equivalent atmosphere and ocean. The domains are coupled by exchange of heat and moisture at their interface. Clouds and precipitation are related to humidity and the temperature of the atmosphere, while ice formation is related to the temperature of the ocean. The model is formulated as an initial value problem and integrated until an asymptotic equilibrium state is reached. The stability of the system against perturbations decreases and its sensitivity increases if variable vapor/cloud cover/ice cover is allowed to feed back into the radiation budget. The model also shows that clouds tend to cool rather than warm the surface.
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Jentsch, V. (1987). Cloud-Ice-Vapor Feedbacks in a Global Climate Model. In: Nicolis, C., Nicolis, G. (eds) Irreversible Phenomena and Dynamical Systems Analysis in Geosciences. NATO ASI Series, vol 192. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4778-8_19
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