| Session Details | |
| Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences |
| Session Title | Impact of Aerosols on Hydro-climate |
| Main Convener | Dr. Kyu-Myong Kim (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Yun Qian (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States) Prof. Tianjun Zhou (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) Prof. Maeng-Ki Kim (Kongju National University, Korea, South) Dr. Teppei Yasunari (Hokkaido University, Japan) |
| Session Description | Aerosol, from both natural and anthropogenic sources, is ubiquitous in the earth’s atmosphere, and is a key component of the hydro-climate system, essential to sustaining life. Through effects on radiation, snow albedo, cloud properties, ambient aerosols modulate atmospheric stability and land-sea thermal contrast, leading to the changes in hydro-climate, which in turn, alter aerosol emission and distribution. The goal of this session is to explore interactions among aerosols, hydro- climate, and human activities from regional to global scales. We invite abstracts of observational and modeling studies exploring: (1) aerosol-radiation interaction, aerosol-cloud interaction, and their impacts on monsoon hydrological cycle, (2) the role of aerosols in changing heat and water exchanges at the earth surface including snow-ice darkening effects due to light absorbing aerosols (dust, BC and OC), and impacts on hydro-climate over Eurasia, and North America, and (3) the impact of atmospheric circulation and hydro-climate on the aerosol emission, transport, deposition, and atmospheric haze over the earth’s major continents . Other topics related to aerosol impacts on the hydro-climate system are also welcome. |