Evaluation of High Capacity Hygroscopic Materials on Air Conditions and Energy Performance in Renovated Historic Buildings: A Case Study in the National Holocaust Museum, Amsterdam

Managing climate in museums is always a challenging task since it should meet the needs of multiple stakeholders, namely the conservation of collections, the comfort of visitors, and the protection of historic buildings. The relative humidity is one of the most crucial parameters in this management process, and it is controlled by passive design...

Towards the ambient aerosol extinction from dried aerosol in situ observations

Accurate predictions of the extinction and scattering properties of the atmosphere are important for climate research and interpreting satellite data. This study introduces a model (called the H-model) that calculates the scattering coefficients and scattering enhancement factors based on in situ measurements of the dried ambient aerosol. A...

Convective cloud parameterization: Evaluation of the mass-flux approach through observations

In the context of climate modelling, convective clouds in tropical regions play a major role in determining the climate sensitivity. The vertical transport of mass and energy associated with this type of clouds is often represented with so called mass-flux parameterization schemes. In this work the aim is to evaluate the relationship between...