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Project Code [2011-CCRP-FS-5.1]
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Project title
Research Support for Mace Head: Instrumentation, Data Systems and Analysis, CLOUDNET
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)
Lead Applicant
Giovanni Martucci
Project Abstract
Aerosols can modify the Earth�s radiative balance through their direct and indirect effects. The direct effect involves scatter and absorption of radiation from aerosols, the indirect effect is how aerosols modify the properties of clouds through a subset of aerosols called cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). Increased CCN concentrations often lead to increased cloud droplet number concentrations (CDNC) that increases, in turn, the cloud albedo. This effect modifies the cloud lifetime and the atmospheric cooling/warming. Cloud properties can be observed by a lidar-ceilometer, a microwave profiler and a mm cloud radar. Output data can be elaborated by the CLOUDNET suite which provides the cloud microphysics. Instrumentation and CLOUDNET facility will be used to achieve the project main goals, i.e. the description of cloud microphysics, the evaluation of satellite cloud products and the evaluation and improvement of climate and weather forecast models.
Grant Approved
�145,748.86
Research Hub
Climate Change
Research Theme
Cross-cutting issues, data and observation systems
Initial Projected Completion Date
01/07/2012