The sunset glow reflected in the eastern clouds over Hanzhong, China. Clouds impact the land surface temperature at different scales, such as through local radiative forcing, large-scale atmospheric circulation, and water vapor, which means it can be “remembered” by Earth System. (IMAGE)

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The sunset glow reflected in the eastern clouds over Hanzhong, China. Clouds impact the land surface temperature at different scales, such as through local radiative forcing, large-scale atmospheric circulation, and water vapor, which means it can be “remembered” by Earth System.

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The sunset glow reflected in the eastern clouds over Hanzhong, China. Clouds impact the land surface temperature at different scales, such as through local radiative forcing, large-scale atmospheric circulation, and water vapor, which means it can be “remembered” by Earth System.

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Linzhi Li

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