Airborne Campaign Solves Parts of the Riddle of Clouds Cumulus clouds in trade-wind regions cover nearly 20 percent of our planet, producing a cooling effect. Until recently, it was assumed that global warming would reduce the surface covered by these clouds, amplifying the warming. However, a team around Dr. Raphaela Vogel from Universität Hamburg was […]
Clouds Less Climate-sensitive Than Assumed Weiterlesen »
Thirteen scientists from Germany, France and the United States collaborated to collect measurements and process them into a dataset that provides a rich characterization of the thermodynamic and kinematic aspects of the atmosphere in the North Atlantic trades. The effort was led by Dr. Geet George, a post-doctoral scientist at the Max Planck Institute for
EUREC4A, the world’s largest measurement campaign to investigate the role of clouds in the climate system, began in early 2020. It took place on and off the Caribbean island of Barbados. More than 40 partner institutions were involved, four research aircraft and four research vessels were deployed, combined with ground measurement stations and satellite remote
EUREC4A Field Study: Do Clouds Amplify Global Warming? Weiterlesen »
The EUREC4A field study is aimed at solving one of the great mysteries in relation to climate change When it comes to predicting the extent of global warming by the end of the century, clouds are one of the greatest uncertainty factors. Cumulus clouds in lower layers of the atmosphere, reflect sunlight, thereby cooling the
Clouds from every angle Weiterlesen »
From 20 January through 20 February 2020, the EUREC4A (Elucidating the role of clouds-circulation coupling in climate) field study will investigate trade wind clouds in the Tropical Atlantic. EUREC4A is a French-German initiated field study led by Prof Bjorn Stevens, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and head of the department “The