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Aerosol-Cloud Interactions from Urban, Regional, to Global Scales

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Produced from anthropogenic and natural sources (IPCC 2007; Zhang et al. 2004, 2009), atmospheric aerosols play an important role in regulating the radiative balance of the Earth-Atmosphere system, directly by reflecting or absorbing the incoming solar radiation and indirectly by influencing cloud formation.

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Wang, Y. (2015). Introduction. In: Aerosol-Cloud Interactions from Urban, Regional, to Global Scales. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47175-3_1

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