Differences in how a model represents space and time scales, emission rates, meteorology, gas - phase chemistry, and
other aerosol processes all affect model predictions.
Not exact matches
In particular, they propose that cloud changes associated with
aerosol particles in the atmosphere could be causing the weekend effect, though
other pollution
processes can not be ruled out at this time.
There are many
other processes that affect
aerosols and GCR - related ionisation is only a small part of that.
This statement on its own would be an acknowledgement that climate engineering
processes are underway and now we can not turn back as switching off the
aerosols would be more damaging than any
other course of action.
The meeting will mainly cover the following themes, but can include
other topics related to understanding and modelling the atmosphere: ● Surface drag and momentum transport: orographic drag, convective momentum transport ●
Processes relevant for polar prediction: stable boundary layers, mixed - phase clouds ● Shallow and deep convection: stochasticity, scale - awareness, organization, grey zone issues ● Clouds and circulation feedbacks: boundary - layer clouds, CFMIP, cirrus ● Microphysics and aerosol - cloud interactions: microphysical observations, parameterization, process studies on aerosol - cloud interactions ● Radiation: circulation coupling; interaction between radiation and clouds ● Land - atmosphere interactions: Role of land processes (snow, soil moisture, soil temperature, and vegetation) in sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) prediction ● Physics - dynamics coupling: numerical methods, scale - separation and grey - zone, thermodynamic consistency ● Next generation model development: the challenge of exascale, dynamical core developments, regional refinement, super-parametrization ● High Impact and Extreme Weather: role of convective scale models; ensembles; relevant challenges for model de
Processes relevant for polar prediction: stable boundary layers, mixed - phase clouds ● Shallow and deep convection: stochasticity, scale - awareness, organization, grey zone issues ● Clouds and circulation feedbacks: boundary - layer clouds, CFMIP, cirrus ● Microphysics and
aerosol - cloud interactions: microphysical observations, parameterization,
process studies on
aerosol - cloud interactions ● Radiation: circulation coupling; interaction between radiation and clouds ● Land - atmosphere interactions: Role of land
processes (snow, soil moisture, soil temperature, and vegetation) in sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) prediction ● Physics - dynamics coupling: numerical methods, scale - separation and grey - zone, thermodynamic consistency ● Next generation model development: the challenge of exascale, dynamical core developments, regional refinement, super-parametrization ● High Impact and Extreme Weather: role of convective scale models; ensembles; relevant challenges for model de
processes (snow, soil moisture, soil temperature, and vegetation) in sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) prediction ● Physics - dynamics coupling: numerical methods, scale - separation and grey - zone, thermodynamic consistency ● Next generation model development: the challenge of exascale, dynamical core developments, regional refinement, super-parametrization ● High Impact and Extreme Weather: role of convective scale models; ensembles; relevant challenges for model development
Putting those two, theoretical,
processes together with some shaky assumptions about
aerosols, clouds and
other atmospheric phenomena, and arriving at an assumption that the theoretical minor warming of CO2 is tripled is what concerns a true skeptic.
temperature,
other climatic variables, and concentrations of
aerosols and trace gases; and (2) making raw and
processed atmospheric measurements accessible in a form that enables a number of different groups to replicate and experiment with the
processing of the more widely disseminated data sets such as the MSU tropospheric temperature record.
This study of course does not take away very different concerns related to stratospheric
aerosol SRM geoengineering, like possible damage to the ozone layer [which in turn would be good news if you hate waiting for that spring tan] and the fact that allowing CO2 concentrations to keep rising presents
other problems, like the necessity to never stop with the active
process of SRM geoengineering, and increasing ecological damage caused by ocean acidification.
With regard to the actual content of the press release quoted, it isn't clear if the
process they report on (
aerosol particles, particularly organic chemicals, getting smaller over time) makes them better or worse at forming clouds and their
other atmosphere cooling functions.
Aerosol collections on the NOAA Ron Brown for subsequent processing of INP activation temperature spectra and composition analyses, add a valuable measurement to the ACAPEX and related CalWater2 (NOAA) studies for use in parameterizing and modeling the impacts of marine boundary layer and other aerosols on climate and radiation via aerosol - indirect effects on mixed phase
Aerosol collections on the NOAA Ron Brown for subsequent
processing of INP activation temperature spectra and composition analyses, add a valuable measurement to the ACAPEX and related CalWater2 (NOAA) studies for use in parameterizing and modeling the impacts of marine boundary layer and
other aerosols on climate and radiation via
aerosol - indirect effects on mixed phase
aerosol - indirect effects on mixed phase clouds.
However,
other processes hamper its possibility to grow large enough to substantially influence the climate: Two
aerosols can collide together, in a
process called coagulation.
For a comprehensive GCM I can count oceans, land, atmosphere, ice, biological
processes, organic and inorganic chemical
processes, human - made sources and
other effects, radiative energy transport, conduction and convective heat transfer, phase change, clouds and
aerosols, as some of the important system components, phenomena, and
processes.