Muted Radiative Feedback of Stratospheric Water Vapor Found in a Multi-Model Assessment
Description
f1: TOA radiative flux calculated by RRTMG with each GCM climatology in control experiments; f2: TOA radiative flux calculated by RRTMG with each GCM climatology in SWV-perturbed, instantaneous experiments; f3: TOA radiative flux calculated by RRTMG with each GCM climatology in SWV-perturbed, stratosphere-equilibrated experiments; f3: TOA radiative flux calculated by RRTMG with each GCM climatology in SWV-perturbed, atmosphere-equilibrated experiments; dt_stra: temperature change after SWV perturbation in stratosphere-adjustment experiments; dt_atmos: temperature change after SWV perturbation in atmosphere-adjustment experiments; htr1: layer-by-layer heating rate in control experiments; htr2: layer-by-layer heating rate in SWV-perturbed, instantaneous experiments; htr3: layer-by-layer heating rate in SWV-perturbed, layer-by-layer temperature-perturbed instantaneous experiments (heating rate Jacobian + htr1)