Substantial Cloud Brightening From Shipping in Subtropical Low Clouds

Abstract The influence of aerosol particles on cloud reflectivity remains one of the largest sources of uncertainty in our understanding of anthropogenic climate change. Commercial shipping constitutes a large and concentrated aerosol perturbation in a meteorological regime where clouds have a dispr...

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Main Authors: Michael S. Diamond, Hannah M. Director, Ryan Eastman, Anna Possner, Robert Wood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-03-01
Series:AGU Advances
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019AV000111