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SUBMITTER: Toll V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5921053 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Geophysical research letters 20171204 24
Aerosol-cloud interaction is the most uncertain mechanism of anthropogenic radiative forcing of Earth's climate, and aerosol-induced cloud water changes are particularly poorly constrained in climate models. By combining satellite retrievals of volcano and ship tracks in stratocumulus clouds, we compile a unique observational dataset and confirm that liquid water path (LWP) responses to aerosols are bidirectional, and on average the increases in LWP are closely compensated by the decreases. More ...[more]