{"id":345955,"date":"2024-10-08T09:22:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T07:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=345955"},"modified":"2024-10-08T09:22:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T07:22:28","slug":"new-study-cloud-changes-are-the-cause-of-changes-in-the-accumulated-solar-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=345955","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0New Study: Cloud Changes \u2018Are The Cause Of Changes In The Accumulated Solar Energy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Kenneth Richard<\/a> on 7. October 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The radiation budget changes shaping trends in global dimming (cooling) and global brightening (warming) are driven by cloud cover changes, which are themselves modulated by internal deep ocean processes.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A new study<\/a><\/strong> assesses the associated factors in North Atlantic climate variations, noting how critical clouds are in modulating Earth\u2019s Energy Imbalance (EEI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCloudiness is the most important meteorological factor shaping the amount of solar energy reaching Earth\u2019s surface.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors find cloud changes are seemingly driven by variations in the intensity of the ocean\u2019s internal thermohaline circulation, which is itself associated with AMO, PDO indices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026strong correlations between cloudiness and AMO (Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation) variability. \u2026 AMO is a manifestation of thermohaline circulation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In turn, cloud changes predominantly determine how much solar energy is absorbed by the Earth\u2019s surface, driving warming or cooling trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026changes in cloudiness\u2026are the cause of changes in the accumulated solar energy and related increase in air temperature\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this is a regional study using climate data from Krakow (Poland) spanning the last 150 years, especially the 1950-2020 period, the authors point out that the cloud variations and their driving factors are aligned with changes across the European continent, and on a global scale too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuch changes in the extent structure of cloudiness\u2026largely explain the variations in sunshine duration in Europe associated with changes in NA THC [North Atlantic thermohaline circulation] phases. Additionally, these changes are linked to global processes of dimming and brightening.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The radiation budget changes shaping trends in global dimming (cooling) and global brightening (warming) are driven by cloud cover changes, which are themselves modulated by internal deep ocean processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":345959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818201,691830845,691818432],"class_list":{"0":"post-345955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-air-temperature","9":"tag-amo-atlantic-multidecadal-oscillation","10":"tag-clouds","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0-coouds-over-the-ocean.jpeg?fit=3840%2C2400&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1rZV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":384862,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=384862","url_meta":{"origin":345955,"position":0},"title":"2025 Evidence of Nature\u2019s\u00a0Sunscreen","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"25\/06\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Worldwide radiation records suggest that the\u00a0amount of sunlight received at the Earth\u2019s surface (surface solar radiation, SSR) has not been stable\u00a0over the years, but underwent significant decadal variations, popularly also known as\u00a0\u201cglobal dimming and brightening\u201d.\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In \"Atmospheric Science\"","block_context":{"text":"Atmospheric Science","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=atmospheric-science"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OIG1-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OIG1-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OIG1-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OIG1-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":325450,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=325450","url_meta":{"origin":345955,"position":1},"title":"Post-1980s Increases In Shortwave Radiation Explains Europe\u2019s Warming Trends Far Better Than CO2","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/05\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Across Europe there has been a downward trend in cloud and aerosol albedo over the last 40 years, allowing more solar radiation to reach the surface. 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