Sea-going hardware for the cloud albedo method of reversing global warming

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1882, 2008, Pages 3989-4006

  Salter, Stephen ^a   Sortino, Graham ^a   Latham, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo control; Cloud condensation nuclei; Flettner rotor; Global warming; Spray generation; Twomey effect

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DROPS; FLUID MECHANICS; GLOBAL WARMING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEAWATER; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; TECHNOLOGY; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER;

ALBEDO CONTROL; CLOUD ALBEDO; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DROP EVAPORATION; FLETTNER ROTOR; MARINE STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS; POWER INCREASE; PREVAILING WINDS; SPRAY GENERATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TWOMEY EFFECT;

SOLAR RADIATION;

DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISASTERS; ECOSYSTEM; ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 52949090458     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0136     Document Type: Review

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