Review and Future Studies of Estimating Aerosol Effects on Climate System

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  • エアロゾル気候影響評価の現状と今後の展開
  • エアロゾル キコウ エイキョウ ヒョウカ ノ ゲンジョウ ト コンゴ ノ テンカイ

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The aerosol effects on the climate system are roughly divided into three categories: direct, indirect, and semi-direct effects. Observations from satellites and ground with remote sensing and numerical models have been developed to understand and estimate aerosol effects on a global scale. In the latest assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , however, there are still large uncertainties in their radiative forcings in comparison with the estimation of long-lived greenhouse gases. To reduce the uncertainties, we have to study the three-dimensional aerosol distributions and the cloud-aerosol interaction more accurately. It is important to observe aerosol vertical profiles with lidar, one of the active sensors, to understand the three-dimensional aerosol distributions as well as to continue observations with passive sensors. The data assimilation, which harmonizes numerical models with observations, is also an effective method to reduce the uncertainties. A cloud resolving model coupled with an aerosol transport model is a useful tool to better understand the cloud-aerosol interaction. Efforts to analyze the aerosol climate effects quantitatively will result in more reliable projection of the future climate change and elucidating climate system.

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  • Earozoru Kenkyu

    Earozoru Kenkyu 24 (4), 237-241, 2009

    Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology

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