生物质燃烧,堆积云和平流层水分之间的微物理联系
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. steven.sherwood@yale.edu
概括
热带生物质燃烧气溶通过影响冰晶大小来影响平流层湿度. 增加的气溶导致较小的冰晶,允许更多的水蒸气进入平流层,这可能解释了其长期增加.
科学领域:
- 大气科学 大气科学
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 地球系统科学 地球系统科学
背景情况:
- 平流层水蒸气是一种强大的温室气体,影响气候.
- 了解控制平流层水蒸气的因素对于气候建模至关重要.
- 热带生物质燃烧是大气气溶的重要来源.
研究的目的:
- 建立一种因果链,将平流层湿度,热带热带层相对湿度,云冰晶体大小和生物质燃烧气溶联系起来.
- 为了研究气溶对平流层水蒸气含量的影响.
主要方法:
- 分析了卫星观测到的平流层湿度,热带层相对湿度,冰晶大小和生物质燃烧气溶的波动.
- 检查每月到每年的时间尺度变化.
主要成果:
- 确定了一个可能的因果链连接研究的变量.
- 增加的气溶与高的积云中较小的冰晶有关.
- 较小的冰晶与进入平流层的水蒸气增加有关.
结论:
- 燃烧生物质的气溶在平流层水蒸气的调节中发挥着重要作用.
- 鉴定的机制为过去五十年中平流层水蒸气观察到的增加提供了潜在的解释.
- 这些发现对气候变化研究和大气建模具有重要意义.
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