DocumentCode
410870
Title
Validation on a global scale for an indirect effect of aerosols on radiation forcing
Author
Mukai, S. ; Sano, I. ; Okada, Y.
Author_Institution
Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Kinki Univ., Higashi, Japan
Volume
4
fYear
2003
fDate
21-25 July 2003
Firstpage
2176
Abstract
It is shown that column number density of aerosols has a negative correlation with the effective radius of cloud particles and proportionally correlates with the optical thickness and the column number density of cloud particles. These results confirm the indirect effect of aerosols, namely aerosols play sufficient role as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN).
Keywords
aerosols; atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; clouds; condensation; CCN; aerosols; cloud condensation nuclei; cloud particles; negative correlation; number density; optical thickness; radiation forcing; Aerosols; Atmospheric modeling; Clouds; Earth; Information retrieval; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Particle scattering; Reflectivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7929-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294379
Filename
1294379
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