Surface and top-of-atmosphere radiative feedback kernels for CESM-CAM5

Here we describe and validate radiative kernels calculated with the large-ensemble version of CAM5, CESM1.1.2, at the top of the atmosphere and the surface. Estimates of the radiative forcing from greenhouse gases and aerosols in RCP8.5 in the CESM large-ensemble simulations are also diagnosed.

As an application, feedbacks are calculated for the CESM large ensemble. The kernels are freely available at doi.org/10.5065/D6F47MT6, and accompanying software can be downloaded from github.com/apendergrass/cam5-kernels.