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: R |
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 |