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SUBMITTER: Allan RP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4373161 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Allan Richard P RP Liu Chunlei C Loeb Norman G NG Palmer Matthew D MD Roberts Malcolm M Smith Doug D Vidale Pier-Luigi PL
Geophysical research letters 20140805 15
Combining satellite data, atmospheric reanalyses, and climate model simulations, variability in the net downward radiative flux imbalance at the top of Earth's atmosphere (<i>N</i>) is reconstructed and linked to recent climate change. Over the 1985-1999 period mean <i>N</i> (0.34 ± 0.67 Wm<sup>-2</sup>) is lower than for the 2000-2012 period (0.62 ± 0.43 Wm<sup>-2</sup>, uncertainties at 90% confidence level) despite the slower rate of surface temperature rise since 2000. While the precise magn ...[more]