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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294379
