Screen LibraryAerosol--cloud--climate interactions /
Aerosol and clouds play important roles in determining the earth's climate, in ways that we are only beginning to comprehend. In conjunction with molecular scattering from gases, aerosol and clouds determine in part what fraction of solar radiation reaches the earth's surface, and what fra...
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | San Diego : |
| Publication Dates: | 1993. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
International geophysics series ;
v. 54 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00746142/54 |
| Summary: |
Aerosol and clouds play important roles in determining the earth's climate, in ways that we are only beginning to comprehend. In conjunction with molecular scattering from gases, aerosol and clouds determine in part what fraction of solar radiation reaches the earth's surface, and what fraction of the longwave radiation from the earth escapes to space. This book provides an overview of the latest research on atmospheric aerosol and clouds and their effects on global climate. Subjects reviewed include the direct and indirect effects of aerosol on climate, the radiative properties of clouds an |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages, [6] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780080959962 0080959962 |
| Index Number: | QC882 |
| CLC: | P401 |
| Contents: |
Tropospheric aerosols / Aerosol-cloud interactions / Aerosol-climate interactions / Microphysical structures of stratiform and cirrus clouds / Radiative properties of clouds / Radiative effects of clouds on earth's climate / Parameterization of clouds in large-scale numerical modules / Stratospheric aerosols and clouds / |