increase in cloud condensation nuclei leading to a
higher number of smaller cloud droplets which
ultimately, through an increase in number of
droplets, and the increased scattering associated
with smaller droplets, leads to an albedo increase
[72, 74]. Figure 16 illustrates this effect. A cloud
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AEROCOM_MEDIAN Mean: 1.72301E–02
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90
0
Latitude
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AEROCOM_MEDIAN Mean: 2.45290E–02
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AEROCOM_MEDIAN Mean: 3.27001E–02
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Latitude
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Longitude
AEROCOM_MEDIAN Mean: 3.18976E–02
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120
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45
90
0
Latitude
0.3000
Aerosol in Global Atmosphere, Fig. 14 Median global
distribution of aerosol AOD, total and per aerosol species,
derived from 10 AEROCOM models for the year 2000.
(Copyright European Geophysical Union 2006. Reprinted
from [57])
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