Aerosols, Cloud Microphysics, and Fractional Cloudiness

作者：Bruce Albrecht · 发表于：Science · 年份：1989 · DOI：10.1126/science.245.4923.1227 · 被引用次数：5021 · 研究领域：Atmospheric aerosols and clouds、Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols、Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Increases in aerosol concentrations over the oceans may increase the amount of low-level cloudiness through a reduction in drizzle-a process that regulates the liquid-water content and the energetics of shallow marine clouds. The resulting increase in the global albedo would be in addition to the increase due to enhancement in reflectivity associated with a decrease in droplet size and would contribute to a cooling of the earth's surface.