| Title |
Approaches to Observe Anthropogenic Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Current Climate Change Reports, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40641-015-0028-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Johannes Quaas |
| Abstract |
Anthropogenic aerosol particles exert an-quantitatively very uncertain-effective radiative forcing due to aerosol-cloud interactions via an immediate altering of cloud albedo on the one hand and via rapid adjustments by alteration of cloud processes and by changes in thermodynamic profiles on the other hand. Large variability in cloud cover and properties and the therefore low signal-to-noise ratio for aerosol-induced perturbations hamper the identification of effects in observations. Six approaches are discussed as a means to isolate the impact of anthropogenic aerosol on clouds from natural cloud variability to estimate or constrain the effective forcing. These are (i) intentional cloud modification, (ii) ship tracks, (iii) differences between the hemispheres, (iv) trace gases, (v) weekly cycles and (vi) trends. Ship track analysis is recommendable for detailed process understanding, and the analysis of weekly cycles and long-term trends is most promising to derive estimates or constraints on the effective radiative forcing. |
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| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 50 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Researcher | 17 | 33% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 20% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 16% |
| Unknown | 7 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 24 | 47% |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Unknown | 8 | 16% |
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