Aerosols and Climate
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To determine the effects of atmospheric aerosols on the radiative heating of the earth-atmosphere system, the radiative transfer equation is solved analytically in the two-stream approximation. It is found that the sign of the heating is independent of optical thickness of an aerosol layer and the amount of heating approaches a finite limit with increasing thickness of a layer. Limitations of the two-stream approximation are discussed.
Surface albedo regulates aerosol direct climate effect.
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PMID: 32734279 PMC: 7384191. DOI: 10.1029/2019RG000660.
Global Measurements of Brown Carbon and Estimated Direct Radiative Effects.
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PMID: 32728304 PMC: 7380307. DOI: 10.1029/2020GL088747.
The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2).
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PMID: 32020988 PMC: 6999672. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0758.1.
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PMID: 29576684 PMC: 5859955. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0609.1.