Flood or Drought: How Do Aerosols Affect Precipitation? Export

@article{citeulike:3206398, abstract = {Aerosols serve as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and thus have a substantial effect on cloud properties and the initiation of precipitation. Large concentrations of human-made aerosols have been reported to both decrease and increase rainfall as a result of their radiative and CCN activities. At one extreme, pristine tropical clouds with low CCN concentrations rain out too quickly to mature into long-lived clouds. On the other hand, heavily polluted clouds evaporate much of their water before precipitation can occur, if they can form at all given the reduced surface heating resulting from the aerosol haze layer. We propose a conceptual model that explains this apparent dichotomy. 10.1126/science.1160606}, author = {Rosenfeld, Daniel and Lohmann, Ulrike and Raga, Graciela B. and O'Dowd, Colin D. and Kulmala, Markku and Fuzzi, Sandro and Reissell, Anni and Andreae, Meinrat O.}, citeulike-article-id = {3206398}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1160606}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/321/5894/1309}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18772428}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18772428}, day = {5}, doi = {10.1126/science.1160606}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {aerosol, ccn, climate, cloud, precipitation}, month = {September}, number = {5894}, pages = {1309--1313}, posted-at = {2009-02-08 15:43:53}, priority = {2}, title = {Flood or Drought: How Do Aerosols Affect Precipitation?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1160606}, volume = {321}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3206398 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3206398 N2 - Aerosols serve as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and thus have a substantial effect on cloud properties and the initiation of precipitation. Large concentrations of human-made aerosols have been reported to both decrease and increase rainfall as a result of their radiative and CCN activities. At one extreme, pristine tropical clouds with low CCN concentrations rain out too quickly to mature into long-lived clouds. On the other hand, heavily polluted clouds evaporate much of their water before precipitation can occur, if they can form at all given the reduced surface heating resulting from the aerosol haze layer. We propose a conceptual model that explains this apparent dichotomy. 10.1126/science.1160606 IS - 5894 JF - Science EP - 1313 TI - Flood or Drought: How Do Aerosols Affect Precipitation? VL - 321 SP - 1309 KW - aerosol KW - ccn KW - climate KW - cloud KW - precipitation AU - Rosenfeld, Daniel AU - Lohmann, Ulrike AU - Raga, Graciela AU - O'Dowd, Colin AU - Kulmala, Markku AU - Fuzzi, Sandro AU - Reissell, Anni AU - Andreae, Meinrat PY - 2008/09/05/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1160606 ER -