Kravitz, B, Forster, PM, Jones, A et al. (12 more authors) (2013) Sea spray geoengineering experiments in the geoengineering model intercomparison project (GeoMIP): Experimental design and preliminary results. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118 (19). 11175 - 11186. ISSN 2169-897X
Abstract
Marine cloud brightening through sea spray injection has been proposed as a method of temporarily alleviating some of the impacts of anthropogenic climate change, as part of a set of technologies called geoengineering. We outline here a proposal for three coordinated climate modeling experiments to test aspects of sea spray geoengineering, to be conducted under the auspices of the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP). The first, highly idealized, experiment (G1ocean-albedo) involves a uniform increase in ocean albedo to offset an instantaneous quadrupling of CO2 concentrations from preindustrial levels. Results from a single climate model show an increased land-sea temperature contrast, Arctic warming, and large shifts in annual mean precipitation patterns. The second experiment (G4cdnc) involves increasing cloud droplet number concentration in all low-level marine clouds to offset some of the radiative forcing of an RCP4.5 scenario. This experiment will test the robustness of models in simulating geographically heterogeneous radiative flux changes and their effects on climate. The third experiment (G4sea-salt) involves injection of sea spray aerosols into the marine boundary layer between 30°S and 30°N to offset 2 W m−2 of the effective radiative forcing of an RCP4.5 scenario. A single model study shows that the induced effective radiative forcing is largely confined to the latitudes in which injection occurs. In this single model simulation, the forcing due to aerosol-radiation interactions is stronger than the forcing due to aerosol-cloud interactions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Kravitz, B, Forster, PM, Jones, A, Robock, A, Alterskjær, K, Boucher, O, Jenkins, AKL, Korhonen, H, Kristjánsson, JE, Muri, H, Niemeier, U, Partanen, A-I, Rasch, PJ, Wang, H and Watanabe, S (2013) Sea spray geoengineering experiments in the geoengineering model intercomparison project (GeoMIP): Experimental design and preliminary results. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118 /10.1002/jgrd.50856. To view the published open abstract, go to http://dx.doi.org and enter the DOI. |
Keywords: | Geoengineering; Model Intercomparison; Marine Clouds |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2014 13:54 |
Last Modified: | 21 Aug 2014 13:54 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50856 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Geophysical Union |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/jgrd.50856 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80010 |