Pollution and the planetary albedo Export

@article{Twomey1974Clouds, abstract = {Addition of cloud nuclei by pollution can lead to an increase in the solar radiation reflected by clouds. The reflection of solar energy by clouds already may have been increased by the addition of man-made cloud nuclei. The albedo of a cloud is proportional to optical thickness for thin clouds, but changes more slowly with increasing thickness. The optical thickness is increased when the number of cloud nuclei is increased. Although the changes are small, the long-term effect on climate can be profound.}, author = {Twomey, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {1602624}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0004-6981(74)90004-3}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B757C-48CFS0N-J2/2/009cf52c35e42afdb2e4cb730f3cde4e}, doi = {10.1016/0004-6981(74)90004-3}, journal = {Atmospheric Environment (1967)}, keywords = {clouds, clouds-physics, radiativetransfer, remotesensing}, month = {December}, number = {12}, pages = {1251--1256}, posted-at = {2007-08-29 03:11:44}, priority = {1}, title = {Pollution and the planetary albedo}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0004-6981(74)90004-3}, volume = {8}, year = {1974} }

TY - JOUR ID - Twomey1974Clouds L3 - citeulike-article-id:1602624 N2 - Addition of cloud nuclei by pollution can lead to an increase in the solar radiation reflected by clouds. The reflection of solar energy by clouds already may have been increased by the addition of man-made cloud nuclei. The albedo of a cloud is proportional to optical thickness for thin clouds, but changes more slowly with increasing thickness. The optical thickness is increased when the number of cloud nuclei is increased. Although the changes are small, the long-term effect on climate can be profound. IS - 12 JF - Atmospheric Environment (1967) EP - 1256 TI - Pollution and the planetary albedo VL - 8 SP - 1251 KW - clouds KW - clouds-physics KW - radiativetransfer KW - remotesensing AU - Twomey, S PY - 1974/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0004-6981(74)90004-3 ER -