Global dimming and brightening: A review

M Wild - Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing evidence that the amount of solar radiation incident at the Earth's surface
is not stable over the years but undergoes significant decadal variations. Here I review the …

Decadal changes in radiative fluxes at land and ocean surfaces and their relevance for global warming

M Wild - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic interference with climate occurs primarily through modification of radiative
fluxes in the climate system. Increasing releases of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere …

Sulfur dioxide emissions in China and sulfur trends in East Asia since 2000

Z Lu, DG Streets, Q Zhang, S Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
With the rapid development of the economy, the sulfur dioxide (SO 2) emission from China
since 2000 is of increasing concern. In this study, we estimate the annual SO 2 emission in …

Estimation of losses in solar energy production from air pollution in China since 1960 using surface radiation data

B Sweerts, S Pfenninger, S Yang, D Folini… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
China is the largest worldwide consumer of solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity, with 130 GW
of installed capacity as of 2017. China's PV capacity is expected to reach at least 400 GW by …

The Global Energy Balance Archive (GEBA) version 2017: A database for worldwide measured surface energy fluxes

M Wild, A Ohmura, C Schär, G Müller… - Earth System …, 2017 - essd.copernicus.org
The Global Energy Balance Archive (GEBA) is a database for the central storage of the
worldwide measured energy fluxes at the Earth's surface, maintained at ETH Zurich …

Solar radiation trend across China in recent decades: a revisit with quality-controlled data

WJ Tang, K Yang, J Qin, CCK Cheng… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Solar radiation is one of the most important factors affecting climate and environment, and its
long-term variation is of much concern in climate change studies. In the light of the limited …

AOD trends during 2001–2010 from observations and model simulations

A Pozzer, A De Meij, J Yoon, H Tost… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
The aerosol optical depth (AOD) trend between 2001 and 2010 is estimated globally and
regionally from observations and results from simulations with the EMAC (ECHAM5/MESSy …

Analysis of surface incident shortwave radiation from four satellite products

X Zhang, S Liang, M Wild, B Jiang - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Incident solar radiation (R s) over the Earth's surface is important for studying our climate
and environment. Global observation networks have been established, but many land …

Global dimming and brightening: An update beyond 2000

M Wild, B Trüssel, A Ohmura, CN Long… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates recent variations in downwelling surface solar radiation inferred from
a comprehensive set of ground‐based observational records updated for the period 2000 …

A revisit of global dimming and brightening based on the sunshine duration

Y He, K Wang, C Zhou, M Wild - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Observations show that the surface incident solar radiation (Rs) decreased over land from
the 1950s to the 1980s and increased thereafter, known as global dimming and brightening …