Clouds in the perturbed climate system : their relationship to energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and precipitation / edited by Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J. Charlson.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Ernst Strüngmann Forum, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Heintzenberg, J. (Jost)

Charlson, Robert J.

Conference Name:

Ernst Strüngmann Forum (2008 : Frankfurt, Germany)

Ernst Strèungmann Forum

Series:

Strungmann Forum reports.

Strungmann Forum reports

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cloud physics--Congresses.

Cloud physics.

Clouds--Dynamics--Congresses.

Clouds.

Climatic changes--Congresses.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (615 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here, experts consider the many roles that clouds play in the changing climate - one of the least understood and most puzzling aspects of atmospheric science.

Contents:

Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Trends in Observed Cloudiness and Earth's Radiation Budget; 3 Climatologies of Cloud-related Aerosols; 4 Cloud Properties from In-situ and Remote-sensing Measurements; 5 Clouds and Precipitation; 6 Temporal and Spatial Variability of Clouds and Related Aerosols; 7 Laboratory Cloud Simulation; 8 Cloud-controlling Factors; 9 Deep Convective Clouds; 10 Large-scale Controls on Cloudiness; 11 Cloud-controlling Factors of Cirrus; 12 Cloud-controlling Factors; 13 Cloud Particle Precursors

14 Cloud-Aerosol Interactions from the Micro to the Cloud Scale15 Weather and Climate Engineering; 16 Air Pollution and Precipitation; 17 What Do We Know about Large-scale Changes of Aerosols, Clouds, and the Radiation Budget?; 18 The Extent and Nature of Anthropogenic Perturbations of Clouds; 19 Global Indirect Radiative Forcing Caused by Aerosols; 20 Simulating Global Clouds; 21 Observational Strategies from the Micro- to Mesoscale; 22 Observational Strategies at Meso- and Large Scales to Reduce Critical Uncertainties in Future Cloud Changes

23 Aerosols and Clouds in Chemical Transport Models and Climate Models24 Current Understanding and Quantification of Clouds in the Changing Climate System and Strategies for Reducing Critical Uncertainties; Abbreviations; Name Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Forum held June 2-7, 2008 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Made available online by Ebrary.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262293693

0262293692

9780262255448

0262255448

OCLC:

315163660