Albrecht effect
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Albrecht effect
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The Albrecht effect describes how a larger density of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), possibly from anthropogenic pollution, may increase cloud lifetime and hence increase the amount of solar radiation reflected from clouds. Because it does not directly interact with incoming or outgoing radiation, it has an indirect effect on climate. Aerosol particles act as CCNs creating more droplets of a smaller size. These take more time to coalesce to raindrop size, reducing precipitation efficiency and
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_effect
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2023-09-15T21:11:53Z
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