• DOI:10.1126/SCIENCE.1089424
Corpus ID: 37347993

Measurement of the Effect of Amazon Smoke on Inhibition of Cloud Formation

@article{Koren2004MeasurementOT,
  title={Measurement of the Effect of Amazon Smoke on Inhibition of Cloud Formation},
  author={I. Koren and Y. Kaufman and Lorraine A. Remer and J. Martins},
  journal={Science},
  year={2004},
  volume={303},
  pages={1342 - 1345}
}

I. Koren, Y. Kaufman, +1 author J. Martins

Published 2004

Environmental Science, Medicine

Science

Urban air pollution and smoke from fires have been modeled to reduce cloud formation by absorbing sunlight, thereby cooling the surface and heating the atmosphere. Satellite data over the Amazon region during the biomass burning season showed that scattered cumulus cloud cover was reduced from 38%in clean conditions to 0%for heavy smoke (optical depth of 1.3). This response to the smoke radiative effect reverses the regional smoke instantaneous forcing of climate from –28 watts per square meter… CONTINUE READING

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