Marine cloud brightening: regional applications
The general principle behind the marine cloud brightening (MCB) climate engineering technique is that seeding marine stratocumulus clouds with substantial concentrations of roughly monodisperse sub-micrometre-sized seawater particles might significantly enhance cloud albedo and longevity, thereby pr...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4240952 2023-05-15T13:11:34+02:00 Marine cloud brightening: regional applications Latham, John Gadian, Alan Fournier, Jim Parkes, Ben Wadhams, Peter Chen, Jack 2014-12-28 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4240952 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25404682 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0053 en eng The Royal Society Publishing http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25404682 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0053 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ © 2014 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. CC-BY Articles Text 2014 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0053 2015-01-04T01:24:13Z The general principle behind the marine cloud brightening (MCB) climate engineering technique is that seeding marine stratocumulus clouds with substantial concentrations of roughly monodisperse sub-micrometre-sized seawater particles might significantly enhance cloud albedo and longevity, thereby producing a cooling effect. This paper is concerned with preliminary studies of the possible beneficial application of MCB to three regional issues: (1) recovery of polar ice loss, (2) weakening of developing hurricanes and (3) elimination or reduction of coral bleaching. The primary focus is on Item 1. We focus discussion herein on advantages associated with engaging in limited-area seeding, regional effects rather than global; and the levels of seeding that may be required to address changing current and near-term conditions in the Arctic. We also mention the possibility that MCB might be capable of producing a localized cooling to help stabilize the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Text albedo Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Ice Sheet PubMed Central (PMC) Antarctic Arctic West Antarctic Ice Sheet Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 372 2031 20140053 |
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The general principle behind the marine cloud brightening (MCB) climate engineering technique is that seeding marine stratocumulus clouds with substantial concentrations of roughly monodisperse sub-micrometre-sized seawater particles might significantly enhance cloud albedo and longevity, thereby producing a cooling effect. This paper is concerned with preliminary studies of the possible beneficial application of MCB to three regional issues: (1) recovery of polar ice loss, (2) weakening of developing hurricanes and (3) elimination or reduction of coral bleaching. The primary focus is on Item 1. We focus discussion herein on advantages associated with engaging in limited-area seeding, regional effects rather than global; and the levels of seeding that may be required to address changing current and near-term conditions in the Arctic. We also mention the possibility that MCB might be capable of producing a localized cooling to help stabilize the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. |
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