A synthesis of observations of aerosol-cloud interactions over the pristine, biologically active Southern Ocean and the implications for global climate model predictions.

• Main Author: McCoy, Isabel Louise
• Other Authors: Wood, Robert
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: aerosol-cloud interactions; boundary layer clouds; new particle formation; pre-industrial environment; radiative forcing; Southern Ocean; Atmospheric sciences; Climate change; Aitken
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/46375

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2020 The change in planetary albedo due to aerosol-cloud interactions (aci) during the industrial era is the leading source of uncertainty in inferring Earth's climate sensitivity to increased greenhouse gases from the historical record. Examining prist...