But Jackson argues a shift is underway because next generation technology is allowing near - console quality gaming to be done via chips on devices as small as a smartphone or tablet; coupled with digital
distribution via cloud or streaming, it calls into question the need for a console in the first place.
via changes in
cloud cover, ice cover, atmospheric aerosols concentrations and
distributions) is incomplete and contains uncertainties on the order of the estimates of the forcing changes themselves. . .
Atmospheric water vapor and
cloud distributions are the direct results of the model physics interactions (
via evaporation, transport, condensation, precipitation).
Topics that I work on or plan to work in the future include studies of: + missing aerosol species and sources, such as the primary oceanic aerosols and their importance on the remote marine atmosphere, the in -
cloud and aerosol water aqueous formation of organic aerosols that can lead to brown carbon formation, the primary terrestrial biological particles, and the organic nitrogen + missing aerosol parameterizations, such as the effect of aerosol mixing on
cloud condensation nuclei and aerosol absorption, the semi-volatility of primary organic aerosols, the importance of in - canopy processes on natural terrestrial aerosol and aerosol precursor sources, and the mineral dust iron solubility and bioavailability + the change of aerosol burden and its spatiotemporal
distribution, especially with regard to its role and importance on gas - phase chemistry
via photolysis rates changes and heterogeneous reactions in the atmosphere, as well as their effect on key gas - phase species like ozone + the physical and optical properties of aerosols, which affect aerosol transport, lifetime, and light scattering and absorption, with the latter being very sensitive to the vertical
distribution of absorbing aerosols + aerosol -
cloud interactions, which include
cloud activation, the aerosol indirect effect and the impact of
clouds on aerosol removal + changes on climate and feedbacks related with all these topics In order to understand the climate system as a whole, improve the aerosol representation in the GISS ModelE2 and contribute to future IPCC climate change assessments and CMIP activities, I am also interested in understanding the importance of natural and anthropogenic aerosol changes in the atmosphere on the terrestrial biosphere, the ocean and climate.