Clouds in the Perturbed Climate System: Their Relationship to Energy Balance, Atmospheric Dynamics, and Precipitation
More than half the globe is covered by visible clouds. Clouds control major parts of the Earth's energy balance, influencing both incoming shortwave solar radiation and outgoing longwave thermal radiation. Latent heating and cooling related to cloud processes modify atmospheric circulation, and, by modulating sea surface temperatures, clouds affect the oceanic circulation.\ Clouds are also an essential component of the global water cycle, on which all terrestrial life depends. Yet clouds...
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Experts consider the many roles that clouds play in the changing climate—one of the least understood and most puzzling aspects of atmospheric science.
\ From the Publisher"...this unique book can be strongly recommended to all scientists interested in the intricate relations between aerosols, clouds, climate and climate modelling." Peter Warneck Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry\ \
