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煙と大気汚染のエアロゾールによる雲の覆いへの影響
1NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 613.2, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
まとめ
汚染エアロゾールは,気候の重要な不確実性である雲の覆いを変化させることができます. グローバルな測定は,エアロゾールの濃度とともに雲の覆いが増加するが,太陽光吸収とともに減少することを明らかにし,より明確な気候モデルルールを提供している.
科学分野:
- 大気科学 大気科学
- 気候科学 気候科学
- エアロゾール科学は,
背景:
- 汚染と煙を含むエアロゾールは,雲の覆いを増やしたり減らせたりすることで,雲の覆いに二重な効果を発揮します.
- この二元性は,現在の気候研究とモデリングにおける重大な不確実性を表しています.
- エアロゾールと雲の相互作用を理解することは,正確な気候予測に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- エアロゾルの特性と雲の覆いの変化の関係を調査する.
- 雲に対するエアロゾールの二重効果をめぐる不確実性を解消する.
- エアロゾール - 雲 - 気候の相互作用のより堅実な理解を確立するために.
主な方法:
- 世界的なエアロゾールロボットネットワーク (Aerosol Robotic Network) サイトからの太陽光測定を用いた.
- エアロゾール柱の濃度と雲の覆いとの相関を分析した.
- 太陽光のエアロゾール吸収に対する雲の覆いの依存性を調べました.
主要な成果:
- エアロゾールコラムの濃度増加と雲の覆いの増加との正の相関を示した.
- 太陽光のエアロゾール吸収と雲の覆いとの間には逆の関係があることが観察されました.
- この新しいルールは,異なる地理的場所とエアロゾールタイプにわたって一貫していることがわかりました.
結論:
- 雲に対するエアロゾールの影響を規制する,より明確で,場所やタイプに関係のないルールを確立しました.
- 予備的な見積もりは,これらの影響により,世界の雲の覆い面が5%増加する可能性を示しています.
- エアロゾールが雲に及ぼす影響と,その影響が気候に及ぼす影響を理解する自信を高める.
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