Clouds in the perturbed climate system : their relationship to energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and precipitation /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Ernst Strüngmann Forum Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Otros Autores: Heintzenberg, J. (Jost), Charlson, Robert J.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Colección:Strüngmann Forum reports.
Temas:
Cloud physics > Congresses.
Clouds > Dynamics > Congresses.
Climatic changes > Congresses.
Nuages > Physique > Congrès.
Nuages > Dynamique > Congrès.
Climat > Changements > Congrès.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Climatic changes
Cloud physics
Clouds > Dynamics
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General
ENVIRONMENT/General
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine derived contents note: Ernst Striingmann Forum ix
  • List of Contributors xiii
  • 1 Introduction 1
  • Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J. Charlson
  • 2 Trends in Observed Cloudiness and Earth's 17
  • Radiation Budget: What Do We Not Know
  • and What Do We Need to Know?
  • Joel R. Norris and Anthony Slingo
  • 3 Climatologies of Cloud-related Aerosols 37
  • Part 1: Particle Number and Size
  • Stefan Kinne
  • Part 2: Particle Hygroscopicity and Cloud 58
  • Condensation Nucleus Activity
  • Ulrich Pi5schl, Diana Rose, and Meinrat O. Andreae
  • 4 Cloud Properties from In-situ and Remote-sensing 73
  • Measurements: Capability and Limitations
  • George A. Isaac and K. Sebastian Schmidt
  • 5 Clouds and Precipitation: Extreme Rainfall 107
  • and Rain from Shallow Clouds
  • Yukari N. Takayabu and Hirohiko Masunaga
  • 6 Temporal and Spatial Variability of 127
  • Clouds and Related Aerosols
  • Theodore L. Anderson, Rapporteur
  • Andrew Ackerman, Dennis L. Hartmann, George A. Isaac,
  • Stefan Kinne, Hirohiko Masunaga, Joel R. Norris, Ulrich P6schl,
  • K. Sebastian Schmidt, Anthony Slingo, and Yukari N. Takayabu
  • 7 Laboratory Cloud Simulation: Capabilities 149
  • and Future Directions
  • Frank Stratmann, Ottmar Mehler Raymond Shaw, and Heike Wex
  • 8 Cloud-controlling Factors: Low Clouds 173
  • Bjorn Stevens and Jean-Louis Brenguier
  • 9 Deep Convective Clouds 197
  • Wojciech W Grabowski and Jon C. Petch
  • 10 Large-scale Controls on Cloudiness 217
  • Christopher S. Bretherton and Dennis L. Hartmann
  • 11 Cloud-controlling Factors of Cirrus 235
  • Bernd Kdircher and Peter Spichtinger
  • 12 Cloud-controlling Factors 269
  • A. Pier Siebesma, Rapporteur
  • Jean-Louis Brenguier Christopher S. Bretherton,
  • Wojciech W Grabowski, Jost Heintzenberg, Bernd Kdrcher
  • Katrin Lehmann, Jon C. Petch, Peter Spichtinger, Bjorn Stevens,
  • and Frank Stratmann
  • 13 Cloud Particle Precursors 291
  • Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Markus D. Petters, and Patrick Y Chuang
  • 14 Cloud-Aerosol Interactions from the Micro to the Cloud Scale 319
  • Graham Feingold and Holger Siebert
  • 15 Weather and Climate Engineering 339
  • William R. Cotton
  • 16 Air Pollution and Precipitation 369
  • Greg Ayers and Zev Levin
  • 17 What Do We Know about Large-scale Changes of 401
  • Aerosols, Clouds, and the Radiation Budget?
  • Teruyuki Nakajima and Michael Schulz
  • 18 The Extent and Nature of Anthropogenic 433
  • Perturbations of Clouds
  • Patrick Y Chuang and Graham Feingold, Rapporteurs
  • Greg Ayers, Robert J. Charlson, William R. Cotton,
  • Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Zev Levin, Teruyuki Nakajima,
  • Daniel Rosenfeld, Michael Schulz, and Holger Siebert
  • 19 Global Indirect Radiative Forcing Caused by 451
  • Aerosols: IPCC (2007) and Beyond
  • Jim Haywood, Leo Donner, Andy Jones,
  • and Jean-Christophe Golaz
  • 20 Simulating Global Clouds: Past, Present, and Future 469
  • William D. Collins and Masaki Satoh
  • 21 Observational Strategies from the Micro- to Mesoscale 487
  • Jean-Louis Brenguier and Robert Wood
  • 22 Observational Strategies at Meso- and Large Scales to 511
  • Reduce Critical Uncertainties in Future Cloud Changes
  • Anthony Illingworth and Sandrine Bony
  • 23 Aerosols and Clouds in Chemical Transport 531
  • Models and Climate Models
  • Ulrike Lohmann and Stephen E. Schwartz
  • 24 Current Understanding and Quantification of 557
  • Clouds in the Changing Climate System and
  • Strategies for Reducing Critical Uncertainties
  • Johannes Quaas, Rapporteur
  • Sandrine Bony, William D. Collins, Leo Donner
  • Anthony Illingworth, Andy Jones, Ulrike Lohmann,
  • AMasaki Satoh, Stephen E. Schwartz, Wei-Kuo Tao,
  • and Robert Wood.

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