Long-term relationships between summer clouds and aerosols over mid-high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere

• Published in: Scientific Reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 9059 - 8
• Main Authors: Watari, Akihisa, Iizuka, Yoshinori, Fujita, Koji, Masunaga, Hirohiko, Kawamoto, Kazuaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer Science and Business Media LLC 20.04.2024; Nature Publishing Group UK; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/638; 704/106; 704/172; Aerosols; Air temperature; Climate prediction; Humanities and Social Sciences; Ice; Latitude; Medicine; multidisciplinary; Q; R; Relative humidity; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sulfates; Summer; Northern Hemisphere

While the short-term relationship between clouds and aerosols is well known, no adequate data is available to verify the longer-term, annual to decadal, relationship. It is important to quantify the aerosol–cloud interaction (ACI) for mitigating uncertainty in climate prediction. Here the long-term...