I haven't read this yet (I am in the field on a coral atoll and have no time right now), but I did read the abstract.
I am highly skeptical of this result, but should not say so before reading the paper. If this paper is correct, then perhaps darker roofs are the way to go. On 10/28/11, Stephen Salter <s.sal...@ed.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi All > > See > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/27/white-roofs-global-warming > > and > > Jacobson, M., & Ten Hoeve, J. (2011). Effects of Urban Surfaces and > White Roofs on Global and Regional Climate. Journal of Climate DOI: > 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00032.1 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00032.1> > > Stephen > > Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design > Institute for Energy Systems > School of Engineering > Mayfield Road > University of Edinburgh EH9 3JL > Scotland > Tel +44 131 650 5704 > Mobile 07795 203 195 > www.see.ed.ac.uk/~shs > > > > > -- _______________ Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution Dept of Global Ecology 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA +1 650 704 7212 kcalde...@carnegie.stanford.edu http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab @kencaldeira -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
