ATMS 591A: Direct and Indirect Aerosol Effects

 

Meeting time:           MWF, 10:30 to 11:20 am

Meeting room:          ATG 406 (alternatively, ATG 610)

Grading:                  C / NC

Final examination:     None

 

 

This is a reading course intended for graduate students. Students will be expected to read articles from the aerosol literature, lead discussions on selected articles, and participate in the general discussions. Assignments will be posted here and articles may be downloaded from this site

 

The review article on moist convection by Bjorn Stevens is linked here. I haven't read the entire article yet but I think is quite good and I encourage you to read it.

 

 

 

Date (due)

Article

April 7

IPCC Chapter 2, Aerosol Section

April 9

IPCC Chapter 2, Aerosol Section

April 11

Rasool and Schneider (aerosol scattering), see also reply by Charlson

April 14

Continue discussion of scattering

April 16

Yu et al., 2007: A review of measurement-based assessment of the aerosol direct radiative effect and forcing

April 18

Yu et al., 2007: A review of measurement-based assessment of the aerosol direct radiative effect and forcing

April 21

Barrett, IEEE, 1978: Man and climate

April 23

Class moved to TUESDAY April 22

Twomey, JAS 1977: The influence of pollution on the shortwave albedo of clouds

April 25

No class – Attend the Charlson seminar!

April 28

Feingold et al., GRL 2003: First measurements of the Twomey indirect effect using ground-based remote sensors

April 30

Class adjourned to 310 for Pieter Tans seminar

May 2

Albrecht, Science 1989: Aerosols, Cloud Microphysics, and Fractional Cloudiness

May 5

Ackerman, T, and Baker, JAM 1977: Shortwave radiative effects of unactivated aerosol particles in clouds

May 7

Ackerman, A, et al., Science: Reduction of tropical cloudiness by soot

May 9

No class

May 12

Nenes et al., GRL, 2002: Can chemical effects on cloud droplet number rival the first indirect effect?

May 14

No class

May 16

Lohmann and Feichter, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2005: Global indirect aerosol effects: a review

May 19

Lohmann and Feichter, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2005: Global indirect aerosol effects: a review

May 21

Lohmann and Feichter, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2005: Global indirect aerosol effects: a review

May 23

VOCALS talk

May 26

Memorial Day – no class

May 28

Kiehl, GRL, 2007: Twentieth century climate model response and climate sensitivity (R. George leading discussion)

Anderson et al., 2003: Climate Forcing by Aerosols - a Hazy Picture (L. Leahy leading discussion)

May 30

Jiang et al., GRL, 2006: Aerosol effects on the lifetime of shallow cumulus

Jiang and Feingold, JGR, 2006: Effect of aerosol on warm convective clouds

June 2

Penner et al., ACP, 2006: Model intercomparison of indirect aerosol effects

June 4

Rasch et al., unpublished: An overview of geoengineering of climate using stratospheric sulfate aerosols

June 6

No class