Dr Alan Gadian on Marine Cloud Brightening - HPAC Meeting Thursday 18 April 4.30pm EST

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Dr Alan Gadian is a leading expert on modelling of Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB).  He is Visiting Professor of Dynamical Meteorology at the National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, based at Leeds University in the UK.  Alan worked closely with MCB engineering expert Professor Stephen Salter as co-author and colleague for many years. 

 

Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88954851189?pwd=WVZoeTBnN3kyZFoyLzYxZ1JNbDFPUT09

Date:                  Thursday 18 April

Time:                  4.30 pm Eastern Summer Time = 9.30 pm UK = 6.30 am Friday AEST Australia

 

Alan will speak for about 30 minutes followed by up to an hour of discussion with participants. He will discuss the cooling potential of MCB, status of computer modelling of MCB impacts on climate, the need to better understand the role of water vapour as a greenhouse gas, and the urgency of direct climate cooling, in view of concerns that the IPCC has significantly underestimated warming risks.

 

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