UID:
almafu_9959237581602883
Format:
1 online resource (615 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780262293693
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0262293692
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9780262255448
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0262255448
Series Statement:
Strungmann Forum reports
Content:
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.
Note:
Forum held June 2-7, 2008 in Frankfurt, Germany.
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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
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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
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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
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Also available in print.
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English
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Made available online by Ebrary.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780262012874
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0262012871
Language:
English
