%0 Journal Article
%T Temperature-Profile/Lapse-Rate Feedback: A Misunderstood Feedback of the Climate System
%A Michael E. Schlesinger
%A C. Bruce Entwistle
%A Bin Li
%J Atmospheric and Climate Sciences
%P 474-478
%@ 2160-0422
%D 2012
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/acs.2012.24041
%X This study shows that the heretofore assumed condition for no temperature-profile (TP)/lapse-rate feedback, for all altitudes z, or , in fact yields a negative feedback. The correct condition for no TP feedback is for all z, where Ts is the surface temperature. This condition translates into a uniform increase (decrease) in lapse rate with altitude for an increase (decrease) in Ts. The temperature changes caused by a change in solar irradiance and/or planetary albedo satisfy the condition for no TP feedback. The temperature changes caused by a change in greenhouse gas concentration do not satisfy the condition for no TP feedback and, instead, yield a positive feedback.
%K Climate Feedback
%K Feedback Analysis
%K Lapse-Rate Feedback
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=24290