Cloud droplet nucleation and its connection to aerosol properties
Anthropogenic aerosols influence the earth`s radiation balance and climate directly, by scattering shortwave (solar) radiation in cloud-free conditions and indirectly, by increasing concentrations of cloud droplets thereby enhancing cloud shortwave reflectivity. These effects are thought to be signi...
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ftunivnotexas:info:ark/67531/metadc671853 2023-05-15T17:32:43+02:00 Cloud droplet nucleation and its connection to aerosol properties Schwartz, S. E. United States. Department of Energy. 1996-04-01 11 p. Text https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc671853/ English eng Brookhaven National Laboratory other: DE96009252 rep-no: BNL--62991 rep-no: CONF-960859--1 grantno: AC02-76CH00016 osti: 251621 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc671853/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc671853 14. international conference on nucleation and atmospheric aerosols, Helsinki (Finland), 26-30 Aug 1996 Climatic Change Aerosols Air Pollution Clouds Droplets Greenhouse Gases Environmental Effects Nucleation 54 Environmental Sciences Physical Properties Article 1996 ftunivnotexas 2021-01-23T23:08:00Z Anthropogenic aerosols influence the earth`s radiation balance and climate directly, by scattering shortwave (solar) radiation in cloud-free conditions and indirectly, by increasing concentrations of cloud droplets thereby enhancing cloud shortwave reflectivity. These effects are thought to be significant in the context of changes in the earth radiation budget over the industrial period, exerting a radiative forcing that is of comparable magnitude to that of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases over this period but opposite in sign. However the magnitudes of both the direct and indirect aerosol effects are quite uncertain. Much of the uncertainty of the indirect effect arises from incomplete ability to describe changes in cloud properties arising from anthropogenic aerosols. This paper examines recent studies pertaining to the influence of anthropogenic aerosols on loading and properties of aerosols affecting their cloud nucleating properties and indicative of substantial anthropogenic influence on aerosol and cloud properties over the North Atlantic. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library |
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Anthropogenic aerosols influence the earth`s radiation balance and climate directly, by scattering shortwave (solar) radiation in cloud-free conditions and indirectly, by increasing concentrations of cloud droplets thereby enhancing cloud shortwave reflectivity. These effects are thought to be significant in the context of changes in the earth radiation budget over the industrial period, exerting a radiative forcing that is of comparable magnitude to that of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases over this period but opposite in sign. However the magnitudes of both the direct and indirect aerosol effects are quite uncertain. Much of the uncertainty of the indirect effect arises from incomplete ability to describe changes in cloud properties arising from anthropogenic aerosols. This paper examines recent studies pertaining to the influence of anthropogenic aerosols on loading and properties of aerosols affecting their cloud nucleating properties and indicative of substantial anthropogenic influence on aerosol and cloud properties over the North Atlantic. |
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Cloud droplet nucleation and its connection to aerosol properties |
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Cloud droplet nucleation and its connection to aerosol properties |
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Cloud droplet nucleation and its connection to aerosol properties |
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Cloud droplet nucleation and its connection to aerosol properties |
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Cloud droplet nucleation and its connection to aerosol properties |
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cloud droplet nucleation and its connection to aerosol properties |
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Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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14. international conference on nucleation and atmospheric aerosols, Helsinki (Finland), 26-30 Aug 1996 |
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