Overview
- A comprehensive review of the effects of aerosol pollution, including biomass burning, on precipitation
- Each article is written by experts who discuss in detail the most recent findings in the field
- The report identifies areas that need further study and includes recommendations for future research
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Life on Earth is critically dependent upon the continuous cycling of water between oceans, continents and the atmosphere. Precipitation (including rain, snow, and hail) is the primary mechanism for transporting water from the atmosphere back to the Earth’s surface. It is also the key physical process that links aspects of climate, weather, and the global hydrological cycle. Changes in precipitation regimes and the frequency of extreme weather events, such as floods, droughts, severe ice/snow storms, monsoon fluctuations and hurricanes are of great potential importance to life on the planet. One of the factors that could contribute to precipitation modification is aerosol pollution from various sources such as urban air pollution and biomass burning. Natural and anthropogenic changes in atmospheric aerosols might have important implications for precipitation by influencing the hydrological cycle, which in turn could feed back to climate changes.
From an Earth Science perspective, a key question is how changes expected in climate will translate into changes in the hydrological cycle, and what trends may be expected in the future. We require a much better understanding and hence predictive capability of the moisture and energy storages and exchanges among the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, continents and biological systems. This book is a review of our knowledge of the relationship between aerosols and precipitation reaching the Earth's surface and it includes a list of recommendations that could help to advance our knowledge in this area.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aerosol Pollution Impact on Precipitation
Book Subtitle: A Scientific Review
Editors: Zev Levin, William R. Cotton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8690-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8689-2Published: 07 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7953-4Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8690-8Published: 30 September 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 386
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution