Table of Contents

The field observational experiments.- Programmes of atmospheric aerosol experiments: The history of studies.- Field observational experiments in America and western Europe.- Field observational experiments in Eurasia and on the African continent.- Aerosol formation processes and evolution. Cloud cover dynamics.- Aerosol formation processes.- Aerosol and chemical processes in the atmosphere.- Interactions between aerosols and clouds.- Numerical modelling of the processes and properties of atmospheric aerosol.- The optical properties of atmospheric aerosol and clouds.- Aerosol long-range transport and deposition.- Aerosol radiative forcing and climate.