The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Center for Clouds, Chemistry, and Climate seeks to integrate observations and field-tested hypotheses (See figure on cover page) with models used for climate predictions. We identify gaps in current observing systems; fill these gaps with new data; and integrate these into global observing systems and modeling activities. This strategy requires a complex array of observations from aircraft, surface, buoys, ships and satellites. A state-of-the-art data integration and archival system is required to integrate the data and facilitate fast access. Lastly, numerical models of aerosols and clouds and the coupled ocean/atmosphere system are needed to link the observations with climate related processes. Overall Objectives: 1.to identify and quantify the regional radiative forcing due to aerosols and ozone in pristine and polluted environments; 2. to characterize and parameterize the cloud-radiation-photochemical interactions in the tropical convective- cirrus systems and the extra-tropical storm track cloud systems; 3. To understand the role of aerosol forcing and cloud feedbacks in regional climate changes. Website: "http://www-c4.ucsd.edu/" [Summary provided by Scripps Institution of Oceanography.]
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