page_title: Cloud forcing
hierarchical_section_title: Cloud forcing
caption_attribution_description: English: This image depicts the effects of clouds scattering shortwave radiation from the sun. This tends to result in overall cooling of the Earth.
context_page_description: In meteorology, cloud forcing, cloud radiative forcing or cloud radiative effect is the difference between the radiation budget components for average cloud conditions and cloud-free conditions. Much of the interest in cloud forcing relates to its role as a feedback process in the present period of global warming.
context_section_description: In meteorology, cloud forcing, cloud radiative forcing (CRF) or cloud radiative effect (CRE) is the difference between the radiation budget components for average cloud conditions and cloud-free conditions.  Much of the interest in cloud forcing relates to its role as a feedback process in the present period of global warming.
caption: This image depicts the effects of clouds scattering incoming shortwave radiation from the sun. This tends to result in overall cooling of the Earth during the daytime as well as in general (because the energy loss caused by the cloud cover is more significant than the gain described in the image below).
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