Detection limits of albedo changes induced by climate engineering

Dian J. Seidel (), Graham Feingold, Andrew R. Jacobson and Norman Loeb
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Dian J. Seidel: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Air Resources Laboratory
Graham Feingold: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory
Andrew R. Jacobson: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory and University of Colorado
Norman Loeb: NASA Langley Research Center

Nature Climate Change, 2014, vol. 4, issue 2, 93-98

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.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2076

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