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Aerosols affect the climate system by changing cloud characteristics in many ways. They act as cloud condensation and ice nuclei, they may inhibit freezing and they could have an influence on the hydrological cycle. While the cloud albedo enhancement (Twomey effect) of warm clouds received most attention so far and traditionally is the only indirect aerosol forcing considered in transient climate simulations, here I discuss the multitude of effects.
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Lohmann, U. (2006). Aerosol Effects on Clouds and Climate. In: Calisesi, Y., Bonnet, R.M., Gray, L., Langen, J., Lockwood, M. (eds) Solar Variability and Planetary Climates. Space Sciences Series of ISSI, vol 23. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48341-2_10
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