NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Airborne pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Airborne

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Desert dust, wildfire smoke, volcanic ash, biogenic and urban pollution particles, all affect the regional-scale climate of Earth in places and at times; some have global-scale impacts on the column radiation balance, cloud properties, atmospheric stability structure, and circulation patterns. Remote sensing has played a central role in identifying the sources and transports of airborne particles, mapping their three-dimensional distribution and variability, quantifying their amount, and constraining aerosol air mass type. The measurements obtained from remote sensing have strengths and limitations, and their value for characterizing Earths environment is enhanced immensely when they are combined with direct, in situ observations, and used to constrain aerosol transport and climate models. A similar approach has been taken to study the role particles play in determining the climate of Mars, though based on far fewer observations. This presentation will focus what we have learned from remote sensing about the impacts aerosol have on Earths climate; a few points about how aerosols affect the climate of Mars will also be introduced, in the context of how we might assess aerosol-climate impacts more generally on other worlds

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 6/24/2013
• Year: 2013
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), REMOTE SENSING, PARTICLES, CLIMATE MODELS, AIR POLLUTION, AEROSOLS, MODIS (RADIOMETRY), MISR (RADIOMETRY), VOLCANOES, MARS ATMOSPHERE, OPTICAL THICKNESS, TERRA SPACECRAFT, DUST STORMS, Kahn, Ralph A

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