ACE-Asia

Asian Pacific Regional
Aerosol Characterization Experiment

Radiative Forcing due to Anthropogenic Aerosols
Over the Asian Pacific Region

 

Project Summary

Atmospheric aerosol particles affect the Earth's radiative balance directly by scattering or absorbing light, and indirectly by acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), thereby influencing the albedo and life-time of clouds. At this time, tropospheric aerosols pose one of the largest uncertainties in model calculations of the climate forcing due to man-made changes in the composition of the atmosphere. Accurately quantifying the direct and indirect effect of anthropogenic aerosols on the radiative forcing of climate requires an integrated research program that includes:

 

 

Further information about ACE-Asia can be found on the Project Website (saga.pmel.noaa.gov/aceasia/) or from members of the ACE-Asia Executive Committee:

Barry J. Huebert, lead scientist, University of Hawaii, USA, huebert@soest.hawaii.edu
Timothy S. Bates, NOAA/PMEL, USA, bates@pmel.noaa.gov
Thomas Choularton, University of Manchester, UK, t.choularton@umist.ac.uk
John Gras, CSIRO, Australia, john.gras@dar.csiro.au
Kimitaka Kawamura, Hokkaido University, Japan, kawamura@soya.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp
Young-Joon Kim, KJIST, Korea, yjkim@env.kjist.ac.kr