Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101104

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140101104

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Testing a new explanation of cloud feedback on global climate. A new analysis suggests that the sensitivity of global climate to greenhouse gases is largely controlled by the upward transport of water vapour in the lower troposphere, but the analysis did not examine clouds, which must be involved for the mechanism to be valid. The aim of the proposed project is to determine whether variations in cloud implied by this new explanation are supported by observations and process models. If the explanation is confirmed, then for the first time in over 30 years of intense research it will be possible to determine the long-term severity of global warming by examining the present-day atmosphere. The expected outcome of this research is to clarify how and why low clouds change in altered climates.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 30-06-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Atmospheric Dynamics | Atmospheric Sciences | Cloud Physics | Climate Change Processes

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate Change Models |

Other Keywords

Atmospheric Dynamics | Atmospheric Sciences | Climate Change Models | Climate Change Processes | Cloud Physics

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