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Gerald L. Potter
Researcher at Goddard Space Flight Center
Publications - 66
Citations - 10501
Gerald L. Potter is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate model & Climate change. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 65 publications receiving 9708 citations. Previous affiliations of Gerald L. Potter include Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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NCEP–DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (R-2)
Masao Kanamitsu,Wesley Ebisuzaki,John S. Woollen,Shi-Keng Yang,J. J. Hnilo,M. Fiorino,Gerald L. Potter +6 more
TL;DR: The NCEP-DOE Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP-II) reanalysis is a follow-on project to the "50-year" (1948-present) N CEP-NCAR Reanalysis Project.
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Intercomparison and interpretation of climate feedback processes in 19 atmospheric general circulation models
R. D. Cess,Gerald L. Potter,J. P. Blanchet,George J. Boer,A. D. Del Genio,Michel Déqué,V. P. Dymnikov,V. Galin,W. L. Gates,Steven J. Ghan,Jeffrey T. Kiehl,Andrew A. Lacis,H. Le Treut,Z. X. Li,Xin-Zhong Liang,B. J. McAvaney,V. P. Meleshko,John F. B. Mitchell,Jean-Jacques Morcrette,David A. Randall,L. Rikus,Erich Roeckner,Jean-François Royer,U. Schlese,D. A. Sheinin,A. Slingo,A. P. Sokolov,Karl E. Taylor,Warren M. Washington,R. T. Wetherald,I. Yagai,Minghua Zhang +31 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provided an intercomparison and interpretation of climate feedback processes in 19 atmospheric general circulation models and found that a roughly threefold variation in one measure of global climate sensitivity was found among the 19 models.
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An Overview of the Results of the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP I)
W. Lawrence Gates,James S. Boyle,Curt Covey,Clyde G. Dease,Charles Doutriaux,R. Drach,M. Fiorino,Peter J. Gleckler,J. J. Hnilo,Susan M. Marlais,Thomas J. Phillips,Gerald L. Potter,Benjamin D. Santer,Kenneth R. Sperber,Karl E. Taylor,Dean N. Williams +15 more
TL;DR: The Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP), initiated in 1989 under the auspices of the World Climate Research Programme, undertook the systematic validation and diagnosis of the performance of atmospheric general circulation models.
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Interpretation of Cloud-Climate Feedback as Produced by 14 Atmospheric General Circulation Models
R. D. Cess,Gerald L. Potter,J. P. Blanchet,George J. Boer,Steven J. Ghan,Jeffrey T. Kiehl,H. Le Treut,Z. X. Li,Xin-Zhong Liang,John F. B. Mitchell,Jean-Jacques Morcrette,David A. Randall,M. R. Riches,E. Roeckner,U. Schlese,A. Slingo,Karl E. Taylor,Warren M. Washington,R. T. Wetherald,I. Yagai +19 more
TL;DR: An intercomparison of 14 atmospheric general circulation models showed that there was a roughly threefold variation in global climate sensitivity, a result that emphasizes the need for improvements in the treatment of clouds in these models if they are ultimately to be used as climatic predictors.
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Absorption of solar radiation by clouds: observations versus models.
Robert D. Cess,Minghua Zhang,Patrick Minnis,Lisa Corsetti,Ellsworth G. Dutton,Bruce W. Forgan,Donald P. Garber,W. L. Gates,James J. Hack,Edwin F. Harrison,X. Jing,J. T. Kiehi,Charles N. Long,Jean-Jacques Morcrette,Gerald L. Potter,Veerabhadran Ramanathan,B. Subasilar,C. H. Whitlock,D. F. Young,Y. Zhou +19 more
TL;DR: Collocated satellite and surface measurements of solar radiation at five geographically diverse locations showed significant solar absorption by clouds, resulting in about 25 watts per square meter more global-mean absorption by the cloudy atmosphere than predicted by theoretical models.