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Atmospheric Aerosols

Properties and Climate Impacts

Olivier Boucher (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

311 Seiten

2015
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-017-9648-4 (ISBN)

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This textbook aims to be a one stop shop for those interested in aerosols and their impact on the climate system. It starts with some fundamentals on atmospheric aerosols, atmospheric radiation and cloud physics, then goes into techniques used for in-situ and remote sensing measurements of aerosols, data assimilation, and discusses aerosol-radiation interactions, aerosol-cloud interactions and the multiple impacts of aerosols on the climate system. The book aims to engage those interested in aerosols and their impacts on the climate system: graduate and PhD students, but also post-doctorate fellows who are new to the field or would like to broaden their knowledge. The book includes exercises at the end of most chapters.

Atmospheric aerosols are small (microscopic) particles in suspension in the atmosphere, which play multiple roles in the climate system. They interact with the energy budget through scattering and absorption of solar and terrestrial radiation. They alsoserve as cloud condensation and ice nuclei with impacts on the formation, evolution and properties of clouds. Finally aerosols also interact with some biogeochemical cycles. Anthropogenic emissions of aerosols are responsible for a cooling effect that has masked part of the warming due to the increased greenhouse effect since pre-industrial time. Natural aerosols also respond to climate changes as shown by observations of past climates and modelling of the future climate.

Olivier Boucher's research interests include climate change, regional to global air pollution, aerosol-radiation-cloud interactions, data assimilation of satellite observations in atmospheric models for monitoring the atmospheric composition of the atmosphere, atmosphere-biosphere couplings and biogeochemical feedbacks in the Earth System, impact of irrigation on climate, impact of aviation on climate, climate mitigation policies, climate metrics, and integrated assessment modelling. Prof. Boucher is currently Directeur de Recherche at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris.

General Introduction.- Atmospheric Aerosols.- Physical, Chemical and Optical Aerosol Properties.- Aerosol Modelling.- Interactions of Radiation with matter and Atmospheric Radiative Transfer.- In Situ and Remote Sensing Measurements of Aerosols.- Aerosol Data Assimilation.- Aerosol-radiation Interactions-. Aerosol-cloud Interactions.- Climate Response to Aerosol Forcings.- Biogeochemical Effects and Climate Feedbacks of Aerosols.- Stratospheric Aerosols.- Aerosol-based Climate Engineering.- Appendices.- Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.5.2015
Zusatzinfo	32 Illustrations, color; 79 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 311 p. 111 illus., 32 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Original-Titel	Aerosols atrmsto spheriques: Propriétés et impacts chmatiques
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
Schlagworte	Aerosol-cloud interactions • Aerosol in situ and remote sensing measurements • Aerosol modelling • Aerosol-radiation interactions • Atmospheric aerosols • atmospheric radiation • Climate
ISBN-10	94-017-9648-3 / 9401796483
ISBN-13	978-94-017-9648-4 / 9789401796484
Zustand	Neuware