Extended Data Figure 2: Evolution of the cloud radiative forcing with mean solar incoming flux for the scenario with fixed cloud particle radii.
From: Increased insolation threshold for runaway greenhouse processes on Earth-like planets
Solid, dotted and dashed curves are respectively the short-wave, long-wave and net radiative cloud forcing. Although fewer simulations have been run, the changes in the value of the slopes around 353 and 365 W m−2 seem to have the same origin as the behaviour change seen in Fig. 2c (although they occur at different fluxes). These changes in cloud behaviour might be due to the disappearance of both permanent ice caps (at lower fluxes) and seasonal snow cover (at higher fluxes).
