ABSTRACT

A report on the intercomparison of the results from 29 atmospheric model integrations generally concerned with numerical weather integration was presented by Gates [1]. The work was the result of the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) to simulate the climate of the 1979-1988 decade. One of the significant problems mentioned in the results is that of modeling the effect of aerosols [2,3]. An aerosol is defined as an airborne particle or collection of particles, although the word has been associated erroneosly with the propellent used in aerosol sprays. Clouds are not aerosols, but aerosols provide condensation nuclei upon which moisture condenses to form haze and clouds [4].