Aerosol-cloud interaction (Twomey)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the atmospheric-physics subtree

Twomey 1977: increased CCN concentration reduces cloud-droplet size + increases reflectivity (1st-indirect-aerosol-effect); plus albedo + lifetime effects; major climate-forcing uncertainty.

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