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cloud radiative effect: a standalone construct

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Climate science

the difference between all-sky and clear-sky top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes, measuring the net warming or cooling that clouds exert on climate.

In climate science, cloud radiative effect refers to the difference between all-sky and clear-sky top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes, measuring the net warming or cooling that clouds exert on climate. This meaning comes from Ramanathan (1989) in Science.[1]

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References

Ramanathan, V., Cess, R. D., Harrison, E. F., Minnis, P., Barkstrom, B. R., Ahmad, E., & Hartmann, D. (1989). Cloud-Radiative Forcing and Climate: Results from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment. Science, 243(4887), 57-63. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.243.4887.57

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