Tropospheric anthropogenic aerosols contribute the second-largest forcing to climate
change, but with high uncertainty owing to their spatio-temporal variability and complicated …

Aerosols interact with radiation and clouds. Substantial progress made over the past 40
years in observing, understanding, and modeling these processes helped quantify the …

Abstract The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, version 2
(MERRA-2), updates NASA's previous satellite-era (1980 onward) reanalysis system to …

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 …

Atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols play an important role in the climate system by
influencing the Earth's radiation budgets and modifying the cloud properties. Despite the …

Abstract The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Atmospheres data
product suite includes three algorithms applied to retrieve midvisible aerosol optical depth …

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 …

Southern Africa produces almost a third of the Earth's biomass burning (BB) aerosol
particles, yet the fate of these particles and their influence on regional and global climate is …

Within the framework of the AeroCom (Aerosol Comparisons between Observations and
Models) initiative, the state-of-the-art modelling of aerosol optical properties is assessed …

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 …