This week GS Lauren Kuntz will be presenting Mauritsen and Stevens (2015), "Missing iris effect as a possible cause of muted hydrological change and high climate sensitivity in models." (attached)
Lauren says about the paper:
The Iris Effect was first postulated by Lindzen et al (2001) and suggested that in response to a warming climate, dry and clear regions would expand to allow more infrared radiation to escape to space acting as a negative feedback. Although this idea has been subject to debate, Mauritsen and Stevens (2015) revisits the consequences and...
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