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Abstract

Increases in aerosol concentrations over the oceans may increase the amount of low-level cloudiness through a reduction in drizzle—a process that regulates the liquid-water content and the energetics of shallow marine clouds. The resulting increase in the global albedo would be in addition to the increase due to enhancement in reflectivity associated with a decrease in droplet size and would contribute to a cooling of the earth's surface.

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Albrecht, B. A. (1989). Aerosols, Cloud Microphysics, and Fractional Cloudiness. Science, 245(4923), 1227–1230.

Authors 1
  1. Bruce A. Albrecht (first)
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@article{Albrecht_1989, title={Aerosols, Cloud Microphysics, and Fractional Cloudiness}, volume={245}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.245.4923.1227}, DOI={10.1126/science.245.4923.1227}, number={4923}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Albrecht, Bruce A.}, year={1989}, month=sep, pages={1227–1230} }