The Black Cloud Experiment

Abstract

The Rand version of the Mintz-Arakawa two-level general circulation model of the atmosphere was used to study effects of a 6.5% reduction in incoming solar radiation. Sixty days were simulated. The temperatures of both the atmosphere and the ground began dropping immediately, relative to a control experiment, and dropped fairly steadily, reaching an average decrease of about a degree centigrade at the end of sixty days. (Modified author abstract)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0770607

Entities

People

  • Anne B. Kahle
  • D. Deirmendjian

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Climate
  • Climate Change
  • Dynamics
  • Energy
  • Environmental Security
  • Groundwater
  • Heat Energy
  • High Latitudes
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Lapse Rate
  • Latent Heat
  • Latitude
  • Moisture
  • Radiation
  • Solar Radiation

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  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Mathematics or Statistics