Contrails and Climate Engineering - Process Studies on Natural and Artificial High-Level Clouds and Their Impact on the Radiative Fluxes

• Main Author: Gruber, Simon (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2019
• Series: Wissenschaftliche Berichte des Instituts für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie
• Subjects: Physics; climate engineering; contrails; Kondensstreifen; Arktis; arctic; cirrus; Wolkenmikrophysik; Zirren; cloud microphysics; Climate Engineering
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Two aspects of anthropogenic impacts on the atmosphere are investigated using means of numerical weather prediction. A case study is conducted to estimate the impact of such artificial clouds on the incoming solar radiation at the Earth's surface with special regard to photovoltaic power produc...