Author Correction: Space lidar observations constrain longwave cloud feedback

Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34943-1, published online 08 November 2018

This Article contains an error in Figure 2 where the uncertainty values for the long-term model simulation are incorrect.

The correct Figure 2 appears below as Figure 1. Table 1 contains the corresponding feedback values.

Figure 1

Decomposition of the longwave cloud feedback into five components: the cover of opaque clouds (C_Opaque), the altitude of the opaque clouds ($Z_{{T_{{{\text{Opaque}}}} }}$), the cover of thin clouds (C_Thin), the altitude of thin clouds ($Z_{{T_{{{\text{Thin}}}} }}$), the emissivity of thin clouds (ε_Thin). The observed short-term (blue) is derived from space lidar data between 2008 and 2014. The simulated short-term (red) is derived from model + lidar simulator simulation in present-day climate (AMIP) between 2008 and 2014. The simulated long-term (dark red) is derived from model simulations in present-day climate (AMIP) and in a warmer future climate (AMIP + 4 K). All the results are based on monthly mean data over global ocean. Lines on bars are the 95% confidence interval.

Table 1 Cloud feedback values shown in Fig. 2 with the 95% confidence interval in parenthesis.