Sentences with phrase «of albedo»

Scientists lack even the observational tools to measure the effects of albedo modification, the report states.
The latter is caused by penetration of warmer sea currents and loss of albedo causing increased exposure to sunlight.
With no talk of «climate emergencies» in the report, we look in vain for any clear rationale for the possible deployment of albedo modification.
Since the reduction of albedo by grain growth is confined to the near infrared, it is mostly invisible to our eyes.
In recent years, satellite measurements of albedo show little to no trend.
Despite the crucial role of albedo in energy balance, we have yet to quantify the role of the different processes driving it.
The work continued on natural variability of albedo due to snow cover.
Given resource constraints, he concludes this might require the simultaneous use of albedo modification approaches in a time of climatic crisis.
Current theory is based on the energy balance assumption that the total out - going long wave - length radiation is equal to the net incoming short wave radiation (net of albedo).
The central question at issue is the magnitude of the albedo forcing from changes in human land use.
A more detailed knowledge of the albedo would provide information about possible cloud cover on the planet, or the nature of its surface.
Or in other words, what's the proportion of albedo loss relative to CO2 forcing?
So questions of albedo and clouds must be ignored.
But although the principle of the albedo feedback is simple, a quantitative understanding of the effect is still far from complete.
A one - two punch of albedo enhancement followed by less tropical evaporation might carry things from a warm - and - wet regime to a cool - and - dry mode.
Reduction of albedo (loss of polar ice reduces reflection of heat back into space).
Still, climate researchers say they should find out what its potential of albedo modification might be.
Source: Observational determination of albedo decrease caused by vanishing Arctic sea ice.
We can make good estimates of global temperature so can estimate planck radiation (on global level), good estimates of albedo from ice extent, reasonable estimates of evaporation and convection from temperature contraints, now try closing that surface budget with GHG.
One can only be thankful that a discussion of the albedo effect was beyond Wegman's scope.
The Finnish Meteorological Institute is a partner on the project, overseeing development of the albedo time series.
That's the only kind of albedo - modification geoengineering I could countenance, and by the time that is needed, presumably we'll have the wisdom to deploy it safely and the technology to make it robust.
Improvements in the capacity to monitor direct and indirect changes on weather, climate, or larger Earth systems and to detect unilateral or uncoordinated deployment could help further understanding of albedo modification and climate science generally.
Recently the US Senate appropriations committee passed a spending bill that mysteriously included funding for the computational study of albedo hacking.
The concept of albedo and its importance in Earth's radiation budget... (View More) are introduced.
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