This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of how aerosols form in the atmosphere through in situ processes as well as via transport from the surface (dust storms, seas spray, biogenic emissions, forest fires etc.). Such an analysis has been followed by the consideration of both observation data (various field observational experiments) and numerical modeling results to assess climate impacts of aerosols bearing in mind that these impacts are the most significant uncertainty in studying natural and anthropogenic causes of climate change.

The field observational experiments

Programmes of atmospheric aerosol experiments: The history of studies
Field observational experiments in America and western Europe
Field observational experiments in Eurasia and on the African continent
Aerosol formation processes and evolution. Cloud cover dynamics
Aerosol formation processes
Aerosol and chemical processes in the atmosphere
Interactions between aerosols and clouds
Numerical modelling of the processes and properties of atmospheric aerosol
The optical properties of atmospheric aerosol and clouds
Aerosol long-range transport and deposition
Aerosol radiative forcing and climate.