1. Detection limits of albedo changes induced by climate engineering
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Graham Feingold, Andrew R. Jacobson, Norman G. Loeb, and Dian J. Seidel
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business.industry ,Environmental science ,Satellite ,Geoengineering ,Natural variability ,Environmental Science (miscellaneous) ,Albedo ,Climate engineering ,business ,Atmospheric sciences ,Reflectivity ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) - Abstract
Geoengineering the climate by increasing the Earth's reflectivity has been suggested. In this Perspective, the detectability of various methods is investigated. Although satellite observations can detect large changes in albedo, smaller increases caused by some methods of geoengineering are indistinguishable from natural variability. This raises the question of how such schemes would be managed if their impacts can not be quantified.
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- 2014
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