Table 3.
Estimates of Effective Cloud Fraction for Aerosol‐Radiation Interactions, c τ, in the Nine Global Aerosol‐Climate Models That Participated in Zhang et al. (2016)
| Model name | Reference | c τ |
|---|---|---|
| CAM5.3_CLUBB | Bogenschutz et al. (2013) | 0.693 |
| ECHAM6‐HAM2 | Neubauer et al. (2014) | 0.552 |
| GEOS‐5 | Barahona et al. (2014) | 0.596 |
| HadGEM3‐A‐GLOMAP | Bellouin, Mann, et al. (2013) | 0.728 |
| ModelE2‐TOMAS | Lee et al. (2015) | 0.667 |
| NCAR_CAM5.3_CLUBB_MG2 | 0.680 | |
| NCAR_CAM5.3_MG2 | Gettelman and Morrison (2015) | 0.637 |
| NCAR_CAM5.3 | Liu et al. (2012) | 0.673 |
| SPRINTARS | Takemura et al. (2005) | 0.704 |
| SPRINTARS_KK | Takemura et al. (2005) | 0.697 |
| Mean | 0.663 | |
| Median | 0.677 | |
| Standard deviation | 0.054 |
Note. Models that share the same host model use different aerosol and/or cloud schemes.