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

Author: J Heintzenberg; Robert J Charlson
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Series: Strüngmann Forum reports.
Edition/Format: Book : Conference publication : English
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Material Type: Conference publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: J Heintzenberg; Robert J Charlson
ISBN: 9780262012874 0262012871
OCLC Number: 262881413
Notes: Forum held June 2-7, 2008 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Description: xv, 597 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction / Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J. Charlson -- Trends in observed cloudiness and Earth's radiation budget: what do we not know and what do we need to know? / Joel R. Norris and Anthony Slingo -- Climatologies of cloud-related aerosols, part 1: particle number and size / Stefan Kinne -- Climatologies of cloud-related aerosols part 2: particle hygroscopicity and cloud condensation nucleus activity / Ulrich Pöschl, Diana Rose, and Meinrat O. Andreae -- Cloud properties from in-situ and remote-sensing measurements: capability and limitations / George A. Isaac and K. Sebastian Schmidt -- Clouds and precipitation: extreme rainfall and rain from shallow clouds / Yukari N. Takayabu and Hirohiko Masunaga -- Temporal and spatial variability of clouds and related aerosols / Theodore L. Anderson, rapporteur; Andrew Ackerman, Dennis L. Hartmann, George A. Isaac, Stefan Kinne, Hirohiko Masunaga, Joel R. Norris, Ulrich Pöschl, K. Sebastian Schmidt, Anthony Slingo, and Yukari N. Takayabu -- Laboratory cloud simulation: capabilities and future directions / Frank Stratmann, Ottmar Mehler Raymond Shaw, and Heike Wex -- Cloud-controlling factors: low clouds / Bjorn Stevens and Jean-Louis Brenguier -- Deep convective clouds / Wojciech W. Grabowski and Jon C. Petch -- Large-scale controls on cloudiness / Christopher S. Bretherton and Dennis L. Hartmann -- Cloud-controlling factors of cirrus / Bernd Kärcher and Peter Spichtinger -- Cloud-controlling factors / A. Pier Siebesma, rapporteur; Jean-Louis Brenguier, Christopher S. Bretherton, Wojciech W. Grabowski, Jost Heintzenberg, Bernd Kärcher, Katrin Lehmann, Jon C. Petch, Peter Spichtinger, Bjorn Stevens, and Frank Stratmann -- Cloud particle precursors / Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Markus D. Petters, and Patrick Y. Chuang -- Cloud-aerosol interactions from the micro to the cloud scale / Graham Feingold and Holger Siebert -- Weather and climate engineering / William R. Cotton -- Air pollution and precipitation / Greg Ayers and Zev Levin -- What do we know about large-scale changes of aerosols, clouds, and the radiation budget? / Teruyuki Nakajima and Michael Schulz -- The extent and nature of anthropogenic 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 -- Global indirect radiative forcing caused by aerosols: IPCC (2007) and beyond / Jim Haywood, Leo Donner, Andy Jones, and Jean-Christophe Golaz -- Simulating global clouds: past, present, and future / William D. Collins and Masaki Satoh -- Observational strategies from the micro- to mesoscale / Jean-Louis Brenguier and Robert Wood -- Observational strategies at meso- and large scales to reduce critical uncertainties in future cloud changes / Anthony Illingworth and Sandrine Bony -- Aerosols and clouds in chemical transport models and climate models / Ulrike Lohmann and Stephen E. Schwartz -- Current understanding and quantification of 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, Masaki Satoh, Stephen E. Schwartz, Wei-Kuo Tao, and Robert Wood.
Series Title: Strüngmann Forum reports.
Responsibility: edited by Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J. Charlson.
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