Aerosols, bubbles and sea spray production studies during the RED experiments

Aerosols, bubbles and sea spray production studies during the RED experiments

TNO Fysisch en Elektronisch Laboratorium
de Leeuw, G.
Moerman, M.M.
Cohen, L.
Brooks, B.
Smith, M.
Vignati, E.

2003

Aerosols have a large effect on climate and weather. They modulate the surface irradiance in clear sky conditions, but also modify the radiative properties of clouds. To assess the consequences of reduced surface irradiation due to aerosols for weather forecasting and climate, data on aerosol radiative effects and their spatial and temporal variations are required over a large area. The necessary 4-dimensional distribution of aerosol properties can be provided by integrating groundbased, airborne and satellite observations through data assimilation with advanced models. The use of satellite data to constrain Global Climate Models (GCM) or chemical transport models (CTM) has been demonstrated [Builtjes et al., 2001; Verver et al., 2002]. This leads to a new era of high potential for providing continuous availability of high quality data for use in, e.g., weather forecasting, climate studies and air quality assessment.

Physics

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American Meteorological Society

12th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere of the American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 9-13 February 2003

conference paper