Abstract

There is an increasing effort towards understanding the role of anthropogenic aerosols regarding their radiative influence on global climate in terms of both the direct and indirect effect (Charlson et al. (1992), Penner et al. (1994). The Radiation, Aerosols and Cloud Experiment consisted of a four week intensive study based in Nova Scotia, Canada during August and September of 1995. The majority of flights took place over the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine. The four main objectives were 1/ to determine the effect of cloud microphysics on the albedo of low stratus cloud 2/ to determine the impact of aerosol particles on cloud microphysics 3/ to examine satellite retrieval methods for determining cloud properties, and 4/ to determine the interaction of chemical constituents with clouds.

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