Clouds in Satellite Observations and Climate Models
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 July 2022) | Viewed by 2930
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As one of the critical components in the atmosphere, clouds interact with air motions, modulate water vapor contents, and affect radiation balance in the atmosphere–Earth system. Variations of clouds can either amplify or reduce climate change. Aside from their direct climate effects, clouds show a strong relation with climate models. On one hand, the sensitivity of climate models strongly depends on the clouds; on the other hand, climate models can simulate cloud feedbacks. What is more, clouds detected in satellite observations allow us to better understand clouds themselves, but clouds are also important noise sources of remote sensing products.
The journal Atmosphere proposes a Special Issue to collect studies on the state of the art in clouds. We invite original and review articles dedicated to the observation of clouds, the climate effects of clouds, the role and uncertainty of clouds in climate models, and the detection and qualitative effects of clouds in satellite observations.
Dr. Ling Zou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- clouds
- remote sensing
- satellite observations
- climate modeling
- climate change
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