tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11215328.post114308005409180471..comments2023-07-16T02:18:10.193-07:00Comments on facing the fire: starving walrusesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11215328.post-1143488615793890942006-03-27T11:43:00.000-08:002006-03-27T11:43:00.000-08:00Ah, the tropical thermostat. I don't think I'll el...Ah, the tropical thermostat. I don't think I'll elaborate too much, except to say that the tropics are remarkably stable in temperature (and probably relative humidity). Some estimates have significant variations over paleoclimatic timescales, but those are still in the minority. Understanding why the tropics don't warm very much with increased forcing is on ongoing research topic. Most work focuses on negative feedbacks associated with clouds... e.g. Ramanathan & Collins (1991), Hartmann & Michelson (1993), Larson & Hartmann (1999), Miller (1997), and the ever-discredited Lindzen et al (2000), to name a few..brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812715114546020439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11215328.post-1143315802446456332006-03-25T11:43:00.000-08:002006-03-25T11:43:00.000-08:00I like to think about it the other way around, tha...<I>I like to think about it the other way around, that is, the atmosphere warms, but the tropics don't warm as much as they "should," which forces more energy to higher latitudes by various heat transports.</I><BR/><BR/>This is the most interesting piece of the analysis to me, from a physics point of view. Can you elaborate on why they tropics dont' warm as much as they "should"?Sahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821121070704451663noreply@blogger.com