Aerosol Effects on Clouds and Climate |
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Authors: | U Lohmann |
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Institution: | 1. Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Universit?tsstr. 16, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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Abstract: | Aerosols affect the climate system by changing cloud characteristics in many ways. They act as cloud condensation and ice
nuclei, they may inhibit freezing and they could have an influence on the hydrological cycle. While the cloud albedo enhancement
(Twomey effect) of warm clouds received most attention so far and traditionally is the only indirect aerosol forcing considered
in transient climate simulations, here I discuss the multitude of effects. |
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Keywords: | aerosols clouds climate |
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