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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Wang, Yuan
Titre(s) : Aerosol-cloud interactions from urban, regional, to global scales [Texte électronique] / Yuan Wang
Publication : Heidelberg [Germany] : Springer, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Springer theses
Note(s) : "Doctoral thesis accepted by Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.". - Includes bibliographical references
The studies in this dissertation aim at advancing our scientific understandings about
physical processes involved in the aerosol-cloud-precipitation interaction and quantitatively
assessing the impacts of aerosols on the cloud systems with diverse scales over the
globe on the basis of the observational data analysis and various modeling studies.
As recognized in the Fifth Assessment Report by the Inter-government Panel on Climate
Change, the magnitude of radiative forcing by atmospheric aerosols is highly uncertain,
representing the largest uncertainty in projections of future climate by anthropogenic
activities. By using a newly implemented cloud microphysical scheme in the cloud-resolving
model, the thesis assesses aerosol-cloud interaction for distinct weather systems,
ranging from individual cumulus to mesoscale convective systems. This thesis also
introduces a novel hierarchical modeling approach that solves a long outstanding mismatch
between simulations by regional weather models and global climate models in the climate
modeling community. More importantly, the thesis provides key scientific solutions
to several challenging questions in climate science, including the global impacts
of the Asian pollution. As scientists wrestle with the complexities of climate change
in response to varied anthropogenic forcings, perhaps no problem is more challenging
than the understanding of the impacts of atmospheric aerosols from air pollution on
clouds and the global circulation
Sujet(s) : Aérosols atmosphériques
Nuages
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783662471753
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb447139657
Notice n° :
FRBNF44713965
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; Numerical model description ; Impacts of urban pollution on thunderstorms
; Aerosol effects on the stratocumulus and evaluations of microphysics ; Impacts
of asian pollution outflows on the pacific storm ; Conclusions.