Aerosol - Cloud Interactions and Precipitation in a Global Scale
Aerosol - Cloud Interactions and Precipitation in a Global Scale
Aerosol - Cloud Interactions and Precipitation in a Global Scale
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Ma<strong>in</strong> Po<strong>in</strong>ts: (cont.)3. <strong>Aerosol</strong> composition, concentrations <strong>and</strong> sizes also show greatvariations <strong>in</strong> one region dur<strong>in</strong>g seasons <strong>and</strong> even on differentdays.4. These changes affect precipitation processes.5. A full underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g of precipitation processes will have tocapture these effects.6. Satellites can provide a first estimate <strong>and</strong> assimilated <strong>in</strong>tomodels.7. <strong>Aerosol</strong> chemical composition changes cont<strong>in</strong>uously <strong>in</strong> theatmosphere <strong>and</strong> also affect sizes <strong>and</strong> concentrations.Prospero <strong>and</strong> Nees, 1986: Nature, 320, 735-738.