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Cirrus Clouds Across the Scales: from Micro-scale Crystal Structures to Global Cloud Radiative Effect

Tuesday, 02 February 2021, 15:00-16:00
online

Cirrus clouds are ubiquitous in Earth atmosphere and as high altitude clouds usually the first solid matter that solar radiation is encountering. They have an important role in Earth’s energy balance, yet our understanding of the magnitude and even the sign of the cirrus cloud radiative effect is still under debate. One reason for this is the complicated nature of cirrus cloud building blocks: cirrus ice crystals. In this presentation, a detailed view of cirrus ice crystal morphology is given. Ice crystal morphology is then linked through light scattering theory to the cirrus global radiative effect.

This event is part of the eventgroup Meteorology Colloquium Karlsruhe
Speaker
Dr. Emma Jaervinen

KIT
Atmospheric Aerosol Research / Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
Organizer
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Hermann von Helmholtz Platz 1
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Tel: 0721-608-0
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