CEPEX
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definition: C4 seeks to develop a theoretical, observational, and modeling base for understanding and predicting cloud-chemistry-climate interactions. To this end, C4 took the lead in designing, implementing, and analyzing the results of a major field observing program known as CEPEX the Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment, conducted in March of 1993. The project yielded important new information about the absorption of solar radiation by clouds and the relative roles of cirrus cloud radiative effects and surface evaporation in limiting maximum sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. This large, interdisciplinary experiment, involving 15 institutions from the US and Germany, has created a much-needed observational basis for unraveling phenomena which were previously understood only theoretically. C4's infrastructure and frame work for cooperative research were instrumental in making CEPEX a success. For more information, link to "http://www-c4.ucsd.edu/~cids/cepex/"
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