Scattering and absorbing aerosols in the climate system

J Li, BE Carlson, YL Yung, D Lv, J Hansen… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Tropospheric anthropogenic aerosols contribute the second-largest forcing to climate
change, but with high uncertainty owing to their spatio-temporal variability and complicated …

Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

N Bellouin, J Quaas, E Gryspeerdt… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosols interact with radiation and clouds. Substantial progress made over the past 40
years in observing, understanding, and modeling these processes helped quantify the …

Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment

TC Bond, SJ Doherty, DW Fahey… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Black carbon aerosol plays a unique and important role in Earth's climate system. Black
carbon is a type of carbonaceous material with a unique combination of physical properties …

[HTML][HTML] The MERRA-2 aerosol reanalysis, 1980 onward. Part I: System description and data assimilation evaluation

CA Randles, AM Da Silva, V Buchard… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data
Assimilation Evaluation in: Journal of Climate Volume 30 Issue 17 (2017) Jump to Content …

MODIS Collection 6 aerosol products: Comparison between Aqua's e‐Deep Blue, Dark Target, and “merged” data sets, and usage recommendations

AM Sayer, LA Munchak, NC Hsu… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Atmospheres data
product suite includes three algorithms applied to retrieve midvisible aerosol optical depth …

Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect from AeroCom Phase II simulations

G Myhre, BH Samset, M Schulz… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
We report on the AeroCom Phase II direct aerosol effect (DAE) experiment where 16
detailed global aerosol models have been used to simulate the changes in the aerosol …

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 …

Exposure assessment for estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to outdoor air pollution

M Brauer, M Amann, RT Burnett, A Cohen… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Ambient air pollution is associated with numerous adverse health impacts. Previous
assessments of global attributable disease burden have been limited to urban areas or by …

Brown carbon: a significant atmospheric absorber of solar radiation?

Y Feng, V Ramanathan… - … chemistry and physics, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
Several recent observational studies have shown organic carbon aerosols to be a significant
source of absorption of solar radiation. The absorbing part of organic aerosols is referred to …

Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

N Huneeus, M Schulz, Y Balkanski… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
This study presents the results of a broad intercomparison of a total of 15 global aerosol
models within the AeroCom project. Each model is compared to observations related to …