Sean A. Twomey
1 paper in the Anchorcite directory, published in 1977, cited 3,881 times in total.
Research topics
- Aeolian processes and effects · 1 paper
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols · 1 paper
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds · 1 paper
Papers
- The Influence of Pollution on the Shortwave Albedo of CloudsJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1977 · 3,881 citations
By increasing droplet concentration and thereby the optical thickness of a cloud, pollution acts to increase the reflectance (albedo) of clouds; by increasing the absorption coefficient it acts to decrease the reflectance. Calculations suggest that the former effect (brightening of…
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