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Global estimate of aerosol direct radiative forcing from satellite measurements

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  • Nicolas Bellouin

    (Met Office)

  • Olivier Boucher

    (Met Office)

  • Jim Haywood

    (Met Office)

  • M. Shekar Reddy

    (NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)

Abstract

Climate warming in the air Human activities, chiefly biomass burning and industrial processes, increase the atmospheric loading of tiny particles called aerosols. As the aerosols interact with solar and thermal radiation, they have a significant impact on climate, yet the sum of their radiative effects on the atmosphere remains uncertain. Using state-of-the-art satellite measurements and modelling, the global clear-sky radiative effect of anthropogenic aerosols has been estimated over both land and sea for 2002. The net effect suggests stronger cooling than previously modelled estimates. As atmospheric aerosol levels continue to fall as a result of clean-air policies, future atmospheric warming may be greater than presently predicted.

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  • Nicolas Bellouin & Olivier Boucher & Jim Haywood & M. Shekar Reddy, 2005. "Global estimate of aerosol direct radiative forcing from satellite measurements," Nature, Nature, vol. 438(7071), pages 1138-1141, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:438:y:2005:i:7071:d:10.1038_nature04348
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04348
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    1. Magnus, Jan R. & Melenberg, Bertrand & Muris, Chris, 2011. "Global Warming and Local Dimming: The Statistical Evidence," Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Statistical Association, vol. 106(494), pages 452-464.
    2. Mohajan, Haradhan, 2015. "Planetary Boundaries Must not be Crossed for the Survival of Humanity," MPRA Paper 83003, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 11 Dec 2015.
    3. Cheng Chen & Oleg Dubovik & Gregory L. Schuster & Mian Chin & Daven K. Henze & Tatyana Lapyonok & Zhengqiang Li & Yevgeny Derimian & Ying Zhang, 2022. "Multi-angular polarimetric remote sensing to pinpoint global aerosol absorption and direct radiative forcing," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.

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