U.S.-Germany Dissertation Enhancement: Direct Radiative Forcing of Climate by Anthropogenic Aerosol Particles

本学位论文增强奖支持马克·J·鲁德的研究生克里斯蒂安·卡里科与德国莱比锡对流层研究所的阿尔弗雷德·维登索勒合作。这项研究将侧重于了解气溶胶颗粒对全球气候的作用。具体地说，这项研究将解决气溶胶-气候相互作用中的不确定性，并允许计算气溶胶通过引导太阳辐射能量而产生的影响。这里所做的论文工作建立在NSF赞助的工作成果的基础上。合作工作将把美方的光散射测量与德方的分布、边界层高度和光吸收测量结合起来。在这个项目范围之外继续合作的前景是好的，这项工作与NSF对环境和全球变化的重点领域密切相关。

9818402RoodThis dissertation-enhancement award supports Mark J. Rood's graduate student, Christian Carrico, from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign to work with Alfred Wiedensohler of the Institute for Tropospheric Research in Leipzig, Germany. The research will focus on understanding the role of aerosol particles on global climate. Specifically, the research will address uncertainties in aerosol-climate interactions and allow calculation of the effect of aerosols by their channeling of the sun's radiant energy. The dissertation work done here builds on the results of NSF-sponsored work. The collaborative effort will combine light scattering measurements done by the U.S. side with distribution, boundary-layer height, and light-absorption measurements done by the German side. The prospects for continued collaboration beyond the scope of this project are good, and the work is closely related to NSF's emphasis area on environment and global change.