Review of Aerosol–Cloud Interactions: Mechanisms, Significance, and Challenges

• Published in: Journal of the atmospheric sciences Vol. 73; no. 11; pp. 4221 - 4252
• Main Authors: Fan, Jiwen, Wang, Yuan, Rosenfeld, Daniel, Liu, Xiaohong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston American Meteorological Society 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Aerosol properties; Aerosol-cloud interactions; Aerosols; Atmosphere; Atmospheric precipitations; Barriers; Climate; Climatology; Cloud dynamics; Cloud microphysics; Cloud systems; Cloud-climate relationships; Clouds; Dynamics; Extreme weather; Global climate; Hydrometeors; Ice; Ice nucleation; Interactions; Laboratories; Loads (forces); Microphysics; Modelling; Nucleation; Precipitation; Properties; Properties (attributes); Radiative forcing; Simulation; Studies; Thermodynamics; Variability

Over the past decade, the number of studies that investigate aerosol–cloud interactions has increased considerably. Although tremendous progress has been made to improve the understanding of basic physical mechanisms of aerosol–cloud interactions and reduce their uncertainties in climate forcing, th...