Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions (International Geophysics Series)
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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 and their effects on the Earth's radiation balance, the incorporation of cloud effects in numerical weather prediction models, and stratospheric aerosol and clouds.
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Aerosols 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 detrmine in part what fraction of solar radiation reaches the earth's surface and what fraction of the longwave radiation from the earth to space.
Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions provides an overview of the latest research on atmospheric aerosol and clouds and their effects on global climate. Subjects reviewed include the direct indirect effects of aerosol on climate, the radiative properties of clouds and their effects on the earth's radiation balance, the incorporation of cloud effects in numerical weather prediction models, and stratospheric aerosol and clouds This book is particularly suitable for graduate students and researchers.
Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions (International Geophysics Series),Peter V. Hobbs,Academic Press,0123507251,Aerosol Physics,Aerosols,Atmospheric Physics,Climatology,Cloud physics,Earth Sciences - General,Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,Science,Science/Mathematics,Science / Meteorology
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