To
understand how cloud feedback might work, you have to understand some facts
about clouds:
(1)
Clouds absorb radiation in the infrared, and therefore have a greenhouse effect on the
climate. If you put a cloud high in the atmosphere, it will
have a stronger
greenhouse effect than if you put it low in the atmosphere.
(2)
Clouds reflect sunshine back to space.
So more clouds
means less sunshine for earth. If
you put a cloud
high in the atmosphere, it will reflect about the same amount of sunshine as if
you put a cloud low in the atmosphere.