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Berhane SA, Kumar KR, Bu L. A 13-year space-based climatological evolution of desert dust aerosols in the Middle East and North Africa regions observed by the CALIPSO. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 948:174793. [PMID: 39019266 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Revised: 06/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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The present study explores the intricacies of CALIPSO Level 3 optimized Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) and Dust Aerosol Optical Depth (DAOD) products. Hence, the study focused on regions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) across different seasons from January 2007 to December 2020. The study utilizes a refined 1° × 1° grid resolution to analyze horizontal distribution patterns, seasonal variations, and the interplay of various aerosol constituents. The Middle East (ME) stands out with intensified AOD during transitional periods, and the Saharan-Sahel Dust (SSD) belt exhibits higher DAOD during specific seasons. Regions with significant industrialization and human activities exhibit high non-dust AOD values, while major dust sources like the SSD and the Arabian Desert showed high DAOD values in the spring and summer seasons. The study reveals seasonal variations in AOD and DAOD, with different regions showing distinct characteristics influenced by topographic and environmental factors. Observational evidence on the vertical distribution of dust layers is crucial for modeling studies to assess the impact of airborne dust particles on radiation and clouds. However, there are challenges in assimilating dust into atmospheric models due to limited ground measurements near dust sources. Further, the statistical metrics highlight regional and seasonal variations in DAOD, Dust Center of Mass, and Dust Top Height. The analysis extends to particle depolarization ratio, aerosol classification, spatial deviation in dust composition, AOD, and cloud properties (e.g., cloud optical thickness and cloud fraction). This has been influenced by several factors such as atmospheric circulation patterns, temperature, humidity, and land cover changes. Trends in AOD and DAOD over timescale indicate regional variations in aerosol concentrations. The study offers valuable insights into the complex atmospheric phenomena shaping the examined regions over the 13 years.
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- Samuel Abraham Berhane
- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters, Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disasters, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China; Eritrean Meteorological Services Department, Asmara International Airport Authority, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Asmara 5846, Eritrea
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- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters, Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disasters, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China; Department of Engineering Physics, College of Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF), Vaddeswaram, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522302, India.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters, Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disasters, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China.
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Effects of Aerosols on Gross Primary Production from Ecosystems to the Globe. REMOTE SENSING 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/rs14122759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Aerosols affect the gross primary productivity (GPP) of plants by absorbing and scattering solar radiation. However, it is still an open question whether and to what extent the effects of aerosol on the diffuse fraction (Df) can enhance GPP globally. We quantified the aerosol diffuse fertilization effect (DFE) and incorporated it into a light use efficiency (LUE) model, EC-LUE. The new model is driven by aerosol optical depth (AOD) data and is referred to as AOD-LUE. The eddy correlation variance (EC) of the FLUXNET2015 dataset was used to calibrate and validate the model. The results showed that the newly developed AOD-LUE model improved the performance in simulating GPP across all ecosystem types (R2 from 0.6 to 0.68), with the highest performance for mixed forest (average R2 from 0.71 to 0.77) and evergreen broadleaf forest (average R2 from 0.34 to 0.45). The maximum LUE of diffuse photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) (3.61 g C m−2 MJ−1) was larger than that of direct PAR (1.68 g C m−2 MJ−1) through parameter optimization, indicating that the aerosol DFE seriously affects the estimation of GPP, and the separation of diffuse PAR and direct PAR in the GPP model is necessary. In addition, we used AOD-LUE to quantify the impact of aerosol on GPP. Specifically, aerosols impaired GPP in closed shrub (CSH) by 6.45% but enhanced the GPP of grassland (GRA) and deciduous broadleaf forest (DBF) by 3.19% and 2.63%, respectively. Our study stresses the importance of understanding aerosol-radiation interactions and incorporating aerosol effects into regional and global GPP models.
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Mansour K, Rinaldi M, Preißler J, Decesari S, Ovadnevaite J, Ceburnis D, Paglione M, Facchini MC, O'Dowd C. Phytoplankton Impact on Marine Cloud Microphysical Properties Over the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. ATMOSPHERES : JGR 2022; 127:e2021JD036355. [PMID: 35860437 PMCID: PMC9285769 DOI: 10.1029/2021jd036355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The current understanding of the impact of natural cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) variability on cloud properties in marine air is low, thus contributing to climate prediction uncertainty. By analyzing cloud remote sensing observations (2009-2015) at Mace Head (west coast of Ireland), we show the oceanic biota impact on the microphysical properties of stratiform clouds over the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. During spring to summer (seasons of enhanced oceanic biological activity), clouds typically host a higher number of smaller droplets resulting from increased aerosol number concentration in the CCN relevant-size range. The induced increase in cloud droplet number concentration (+100%) and decrease in their radius (-14%) are comparable in magnitude to that generated by the advection of anthropogenically influenced air masses over the background marine boundary layer. Cloud water content and albedo respond to marine CCN perturbations with positive adjustments, making clouds brighter as the number of droplets increases. Cloud susceptibility to marine aerosols overlaps with a large variability of cloud macrophysical and optical properties primarily affected by the meteorological conditions. The above findings suggest the existence of a potential feedback mechanism between marine biota and the marine cloud-climate system.
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- Karam Mansour
- Italian National Research Council ‐ Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR‐ISAC)BolognaItaly
- Oceanography Department, Faculty of ScienceAlexandria UniversityAlexandriaEgypt
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- Italian National Research Council ‐ Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR‐ISAC)BolognaItaly
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- Italian National Research Council ‐ Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR‐ISAC)BolognaItaly
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- School of PhysicsRyan Institute's Centre for Climate and Air Pollution StudiesNational University of Ireland GalwayGalwayIreland
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- School of PhysicsRyan Institute's Centre for Climate and Air Pollution StudiesNational University of Ireland GalwayGalwayIreland
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- Italian National Research Council ‐ Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR‐ISAC)BolognaItaly
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- Italian National Research Council ‐ Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR‐ISAC)BolognaItaly
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- School of PhysicsRyan Institute's Centre for Climate and Air Pollution StudiesNational University of Ireland GalwayGalwayIreland
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Gole PK, Midya SK. Association of pre-monsoon CG lightning activity and some surface pollutants in different Indian cities around the COVID-19 lockdown year 2020. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY 2021. [PMCID: PMC8485116 DOI: 10.1007/s43538-021-00052-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In this paper, pre-monsoon (March – May) Cloud to Ground (CG) lightning activity over 6 mega cities (New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad) in India is analysed with concentrations of four surface pollutants namely particulate matters (PM2.5, PM10), Sulphur dioxide (SO2) and Ozone for a period of 2018 to 2021 that includes the lockdown year 2020. Pollution greatly reduced with an enhancement of air quality in this year. Lightning data for the analysis is derived from the ground based lightning Network -Earth Networks Global Lightning Network (ENGLN). Among the mega cities, Kolkata faces most lightning whereas Mumbai receives the least. CG lightning flash counts significantly decrease in 2020 for Kolkata, Bengaluru, New Delhi and increase for Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai though the increase for the last two cities are very insignificant. This increase may be due to greater impact of meteorological factors on lightning than the pollutant concentrations. The lightning activity averaged over all the mega cities follows the trend of pollutant concentrations and average CG lightning flash counts go to minimum in the COVID-19 lockdown year 2020. Analysis also reveals that average seasonal CG lightning flash counts, average positive CG lightning flash counts and maximum peak CG currents show positive correlations with the concentration of all the four pollutants. The overall study shows that control of pollution may reduce the lightning activity in some lightning prone urban areas.
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- P. K. Gole
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019 India
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019 India
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An Adjustment Approach for Aerosol Optical Depth Inferred from CALIPSO. REMOTE SENSING 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/rs13163085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The verification and correction of CALIPSO aerosol products is key to understanding the atmospheric environment and climate change. However, CALIPSO often cannot detect the full profile of aerosol for the low instrument sensitivity near the surface. Thus, a correction scheme for the aerosol extinction coefficient (AECs) in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) is proposed to improve the quality of the CALIPSO-based aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 532 nm. This scheme assumed that the aerosol is vertically and uniformly distributed below the PBL, and that the AECs in the whole PBL are equal to those at the top of the PBL; then, the CALIPSO AOD was obtained by vertically integrating AECs throughout the whole atmosphere. Additionally, the CALIPSO AOD and corrected CALIPSO AOD were validated against seven ground-based sites across eastern China during 2007–2015. Our results show that the initial CALIPSO AOD obtained by cloud filtering was generally lower than that of the ground-based observations. After accounting for the AECs in the PBL, the adjustment method tended to improve the CALIPSO AOD data quality. The average R (slope) value from all sites was improved by 7% (46%). Further, the relative distance between the ground track of CALIPSO and the ground station exhibited an influence on the validation result of CALIPSO AOD. The retrieval precision of CALIPSO AOD worsened with the increase in water vapor in the atmosphere. Our findings indicate that our scheme significantly improves the accuracy of CALIPSO AOD, which will help to provide alternative AOD products in the presence of severe atmospheric pollution.
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Braun RA, McComiskey A, Tselioudis G, Tropf D, Sorooshian A. Cloud, Aerosol, and Radiative Properties Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. ATMOSPHERES : JGR 2021; 126:e2020JD034113. [PMID: 34377622 PMCID: PMC8350933 DOI: 10.1029/2020jd034113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This study examines the atmospheric properties of weather states (WSs) derived from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project over the Western North Atlantic Ocean. In particular, radiation and aerosol data corresponding to two sites in the study domain, Pennsylvania State University and Bermuda, were examined to characterize the atmospheric properties of the various satellite-derived WSs. At both sites, the fair weather WS was most prevalent, followed by the cirrus WS. Differences in the seasonality of the various WSs were observed at the two sites. Fractional sky cover and effective shortwave cloud transmissivity derived from ground-based radiation measurements were able to capture differences among the satellite-derived WSs. Speciated aerosol optical thicknesses (AOT) from the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 were used to investigate potential differences in aerosol properties among the WSs. The clear sky WS exhibited below-average seasonal values of AOT at both sites year-round, as well as relatively high rates of occurrence with low AOT events. In addition, the clear sky WS showed above-average contributions from dust and black carbon to the total AOT year-round. Finally, transitions between various WSs were examined under low, high, and midrange AOT conditions. The most common pathway was for the WSs to remain in the same state after a 3 h interval. Some WSs, such as mid latitude storms, deep convection, middle top, and shallow cumulus, were more prevalent as ending states under high AOT conditions. This work motivates examining differences in aerosol properties between WSs in other regions.
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- Rachel A Braun
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
- Now at Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
- Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Analysis of Near-Cloud Changes in Atmospheric Aerosols Using Satellite Observations and Global Model Simulations. REMOTE SENSING 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/rs13061151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This paper examines cloud-related variations of atmospheric aerosols that occur in partly cloudy regions containing low-altitude clouds. The goal is to better understand aerosol behaviors and to help better represent the radiative effects of aerosols on climate. For this, the paper presents a statistical analysis of a multi-month global dataset that combines data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) satellite instruments with data from the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) global reanalysis. Among other findings, the results reveal that near-cloud enhancements in lidar backscatter (closely related to aerosol optical depth) are larger (1) over land than ocean by 35%, (2) near optically thicker clouds by substantial amounts, (3) for sea salt than for other aerosol types, with the difference from dust reaching 50%. Finally, the study found that mean lidar backscatter is higher near clouds not because of large-scale variations in meteorological conditions, but because of local processes associated with individual clouds. The results help improve our understanding of aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions and our ability to represent them in climate models and other atmospheric models.
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Bellouin N, Quaas J, Gryspeerdt E, Kinne S, Stier P, Watson‐Parris D, Boucher O, Carslaw KS, Christensen M, Daniau A, Dufresne J, Feingold G, Fiedler S, Forster P, Gettelman A, Haywood JM, Lohmann U, Malavelle F, Mauritsen T, McCoy DT, Myhre G, Mülmenstädt J, Neubauer D, Possner A, Rugenstein M, Sato Y, Schulz M, Schwartz SE, Sourdeval O, Storelvmo T, Toll V, Winker D, Stevens B. Bounding Global Aerosol Radiative Forcing of Climate Change. REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS (WASHINGTON, D.C. : 1985) 2020; 58:e2019RG000660. [PMID: 32734279 PMCID: PMC7384191 DOI: 10.1029/2019rg000660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Aerosols interact with radiation and clouds. Substantial progress made over the past 40 years in observing, understanding, and modeling these processes helped quantify the imbalance in the Earth's radiation budget caused by anthropogenic aerosols, called aerosol radiative forcing, but uncertainties remain large. This review provides a new range of aerosol radiative forcing over the industrial era based on multiple, traceable, and arguable lines of evidence, including modeling approaches, theoretical considerations, and observations. Improved understanding of aerosol absorption and the causes of trends in surface radiative fluxes constrain the forcing from aerosol-radiation interactions. A robust theoretical foundation and convincing evidence constrain the forcing caused by aerosol-driven increases in liquid cloud droplet number concentration. However, the influence of anthropogenic aerosols on cloud liquid water content and cloud fraction is less clear, and the influence on mixed-phase and ice clouds remains poorly constrained. Observed changes in surface temperature and radiative fluxes provide additional constraints. These multiple lines of evidence lead to a 68% confidence interval for the total aerosol effective radiative forcing of -1.6 to -0.6 W m-2, or -2.0 to -0.4 W m-2 with a 90% likelihood. Those intervals are of similar width to the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment but shifted toward more negative values. The uncertainty will narrow in the future by continuing to critically combine multiple lines of evidence, especially those addressing industrial-era changes in aerosol sources and aerosol effects on liquid cloud amount and on ice clouds.
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- N. Bellouin
- Department of MeteorologyUniversity of ReadingReadingUK
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- Institute for MeteorologyUniversität LeipzigLeipzigGermany
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- Space and Atmospheric Physics GroupImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Max Planck Institute for MeteorologyHamburgGermany
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- Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of PhysicsUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of PhysicsUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Institut Pierre‐Simon Laplace, Sorbonne Université/CNRSParisFrance
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- School of Earth and EnvironmentUniversity of LeedsLeedsUK
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- Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of PhysicsUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- EPOC, UMR 5805, CNRS‐Université de BordeauxPessacFrance
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- Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique/IPSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Ecole PolytechniqueParisFrance
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- NOAA ESRL Chemical Sciences DivisionBoulderCOUSA
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- Max Planck Institute for MeteorologyHamburgGermany
- Now at Institut für Geophysik und MeteorologieUniversität zu KölnKölnGermany
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- Priestley International Centre for ClimateUniversity of LeedsLeedsUK
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- National Center for Atmospheric ResearchBoulderCOUSA
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- CEMPSUniversity of ExeterExeterUK
- UK Met Office Hadley CentreExeterUK
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Climate ScienceETH ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of MeteorologyStockholm UniversityStockholmSweden
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- School of Earth and EnvironmentUniversity of LeedsLeedsUK
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- Center for International Climate and Environmental Research‐Oslo (CICERO)OsloNorway
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- Institute for MeteorologyUniversität LeipzigLeipzigGermany
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Climate ScienceETH ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of Global EcologyCarnegie Institution for ScienceStanfordCAUSA
- Now at Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental SciencesGoethe UniversityFrankfurtGermany
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- Department of Applied Energy, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya UniversityNagoyaJapan
- Now at Faculty of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary SciencesHokkaido UniversitySapporoJapan
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- Climate Modelling and Air Pollution Section, Research and Development DepartmentNorwegian Meteorological InstituteOsloNorway
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory Environmental and Climate Sciences DepartmentUptonNYUSA
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- Institute for MeteorologyUniversität LeipzigLeipzigGermany
- Laboratoire d'Optique AtmosphériqueUniversité de LilleVilleneuve d'AscqFrance
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- Department of GeosciencesUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
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- Department of MeteorologyUniversity of ReadingReadingUK
- Now at Institute of PhysicsUniversity of TartuTartuEstonia
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- NASA Langley Research CenterHamptonVAUSA
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- Max Planck Institute for MeteorologyHamburgGermany
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Kong Z, Ma T, Gong Z, Liu K, Mei L. Feasibility Studies of the Three-Wavelength Mie-Scattering Polarization Scheimpflug Lidar Technique. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023702013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A three-wavelength Mie-scattering polarization Scheimpflug lidar system, utilizing 808-nm, 520-nm and 405-nm multimode laser diodes as light sources and two CMOS sensors as detectors, is developed for the studies of the aerosol extinction coefficient, depolarization ratio and the Ångström exponent. Atmospheric monitoring has been carried out on a near horizontal path from 23:00 January 14th to 06:00 January 15th, 2019 at Dalian, which is a coast city in Northern China. By studying the depolarization, aerosol extinction coefficient and Ångström exponent, it has been found out that a strong north wind blew away local spherical haze particles and brought external non-spherical large-size particles. The measurement results indicated a promising future of employing the present three-wavelength polarization Scheimpflug lidar system in the applications of atmospheric remote sensing.
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Mei L, Kong Z, Ma T. Dual-wavelength Mie-scattering Scheimpflug lidar system developed for the studies of the aerosol extinction coefficient and the Ångström exponent. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:31942-31956. [PMID: 30650773 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.031942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A dual-wavelength Scheimpflug lidar system, utilizing a 4-W 808-nm and 1-W 407-nm multimode laser diodes as light sources and two CMOS sensors as detectors, is developed for the studies of the aerosol extinction coefficient and the Ångström exponent. The system performance has been successfully validated by a two-week continuous measurement campaign on a near horizontal path in May 2018 at Dalian, which is a coastal city in Northern China. The aerosol extinction coefficients retrieved by the Fernald method show good correlations with particle concentrations and relative humidities (RHs). It has been found that the enhancement factor of the backscattering coefficient at the short wavelength due to hygroscopic growth is larger than that at the long wavelength for the aerosol particles off the coast of the Yellow Sea. The Ångström exponent obtains from the aerosol extinction coefficients at the two wavelengths, varies between 0 and 2, and is found to relate with the mass concentration fraction of fine mode particles, specifically PM2.5 particles. Moreover, the Ångström exponent has a positive correlation with the RH, implying a bimodal or multimodal size distribution of aerosol particles in the measurement season.
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This paper presents an overview of our efforts to characterize and better understand cloud-related changes in aerosol properties. These efforts primarily involved the statistical analysis of global or regional datasets of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) aerosol and cloud observations. The results show that in oceanic regions, more than half of all aerosol measurements by passive satellite instruments come from near-cloud areas, where clouds and cloud-related processes may significantly modify aerosol optical depth and particle size. Aerosol optical depth is also shown to increase systematically with regional cloud amount throughout the Earth. In contrast, it is shown that effective particle size can either increase or decrease with increasing cloud cover. In bimodal aerosol populations, the sign of changes depends on whether coarse mode or small mode aerosols are most affected by clouds. The results also indicate that over large parts of Earth, undetected cloud particles are not the dominant reason for the satellite-observed changes with cloud amount, and that 3D radiative processes contribute about 30% of the observed near-cloud changes. The findings underline the need for improving our ability to accurately measure aerosols near clouds.
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Ma X, Jia H, Yu F, Quaas J. Opposite Aerosol Index-Cloud Droplet Effective Radius Correlations Over Major Industrial Regions and Their Adjacent Oceans. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 2018; 45:5771-5778. [PMID: 30034046 PMCID: PMC6049888 DOI: 10.1029/2018gl077562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) C6 L3 and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-Interim reanalysis data from 2003 to 2016 are employed to study aerosol-cloud correlations over three industrial regions and their adjacent oceans, as well as explore the impact of meteorological conditions on the correlations. The analysis focusing on liquid and single-layer clouds indicates an opposite aerosol-cloud correlation between land and ocean; namely, cloud effective radius is positively correlated with aerosol index over industrial regions (positive slopes), but negatively correlated over their adjacent oceans (negative slopes), for a quasi-constant liquid water path. The positive slopes are relatively large under low lower-tropospheric stability (LTS; weakly stable condition), but much weaker or even become negative under high LTS (stable conditions) and high liquid water path. The occurrence frequency of cloud top height (CTH) and LTS suggests that positive correlations are more likely corresponding to relatively high CTH and low LTS, while negative to low CTH and high LTS.
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- X. Ma
- Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters/Key Laboratory for Aerosol‐Cloud‐Precipitation of China Meteorological AdministrationNanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyNanjingChina
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- Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters/Key Laboratory for Aerosol‐Cloud‐Precipitation of China Meteorological AdministrationNanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyNanjingChina
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- Atmospheric Sciences Research CenterState University of New YorkAlbanyNYUSA
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- Institute for MeteorologyUniversität LeipzigLeipzigGermany
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Zhao X, Liu Y, Yu F, Heidinger AK. Using Long-Term Satellite Observations to Identify Sensitive Regimes and Active Regions of Aerosol Indirect Effects for Liquid Clouds Over Global Oceans. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. ATMOSPHERES : JGR 2018; 123:457-472. [PMID: 29527427 PMCID: PMC5832308 DOI: 10.1002/2017jd027187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Long-term (1981-2011) satellite climate data records of clouds and aerosols are used to investigate the aerosol-cloud interaction of marine water cloud from a climatology perspective. Our focus is on identifying the regimes and regions where the aerosol indirect effects (AIEs) are evident in long-term averages over the global oceans through analyzing the correlation features between aerosol loading and the key cloud variables including cloud droplet effective radius (CDER), cloud optical depth (COD), cloud water path (CWP), cloud top height (CTH), and cloud top temperature (CTT). An aerosol optical thickness (AOT) range of 0.13 < AOT < 0.3 is identified as the sensitive regime of the conventional first AIE where CDER is more susceptible to AOT than the other cloud variables. The first AIE that manifests as the change of long-term averaged CDER appears only in limited oceanic regions. The signature of aerosol invigoration of water clouds as revealed by the increase of cloud cover fraction (CCF) and CTH with increasing AOT at the middle/high latitudes of both hemispheres is identified for a pristine atmosphere (AOT < 0.08). Aerosol invigoration signature is also revealed by the concurrent increase of CDER, COD, and CWP with increasing AOT for a polluted marine atmosphere (AOT > 0.3) in the tropical convergence zones. The regions where the second AIE is likely to manifest in the CCF change are limited to several oceanic areas with high CCF of the warm water clouds near the western coasts of continents. The second AIE signature as represented by the reduction of the precipitation efficiency with increasing AOT is more likely to be observed in the AOT regime of 0.08 < AOT < 0.4. The corresponding AIE active regions manifested themselves as the decline of the precipitation efficiency are mainly limited to the oceanic areas downwind of continental aerosols. The sensitive regime of the conventional AIE identified in this observational study is likely associated with the transitional regime from the aerosol-limited regime to the updraft-limited regime identified for aerosol-cloud interaction in cloud model simulations.
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- Xuepeng Zhao
- National Centers for Environmental InformationNOAA/NESDISSilver SpringMDUSA
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- Environmental and Climate Sciences DepartmentBrookhaven National LaboratoryUptonNYUSA
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- Atmospheric Sciences Research CenterState University of New York at AlbanyAlbanyNYUSA
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Várnai T, Marshak A, Eck TF. Observation-based study on aerosol optical depth and particle size in partly cloudy regions. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. ATMOSPHERES : JGR 2017; 122:10013-10024. [PMID: 32724904 PMCID: PMC7380075 DOI: 10.1002/2017jd027028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This study seeks to help better understand aerosol-cloud interactions by examining statistical relationships between aerosol properties and nearby low-altitude cloudiness using satellite data. The analysis of a global dataset of MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) observations reveals that the positive correlation between cloudiness and aerosol optical depth (AOD) reported in earlier studies is strong throughout the globe and during both winter and summer. Typically, AOD is 30-50% higher on cloudier-than-average days than on less cloudy days. A combination of satellite observations and MERRA-2 global reanalysis data reveals that the correlation between cloud cover and AOD is strong for all aerosol types considered: sulfate, dust, carbon, and sea salt. The observations also indicate that in the presence of nearby clouds, aerosol size distributions tend to shift toward smaller particles over large regions of the Earth. This is consistent with a greater cloud-related increase in the AOD of fine mode than of coarse mode particles. The greater increase in fine mode AOD implies that the cloudiness-AOD correlation does not come predominantly from cloud detection uncertainties. Additionally, the results show that aerosol particle size increases near clouds even in regions where it decreases with increasing cloudiness. This suggests that the decrease with cloudiness comes mainly from changes in large-scale environment, rather than from clouds increasing the number or the size of fine mode aerosols. Finally, combining different aerosol retrieval algorithms demonstrated that quality assessment flags based on local variability can help identifying when the observed aerosol populations are affected by surrounding clouds.
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- T Várnai
- Joint Center for Earth System Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Climate and Radiation Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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- Climate and Radiation Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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- Universities Space Research Association
- Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Wen G, Marshak A, Várnai T, Levy R. Testing the Two-Layer Model for Correcting Near Cloud Reflectance Enhancement Using LES/SHDOM Simulated Radiances. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. ATMOSPHERES : JGR 2016; 121:9661-9674. [PMID: 32742895 PMCID: PMC7394312 DOI: 10.1002/2016jd025021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A transition zone exists between cloudy skies and clear sky, such that clouds scatter solar radiation into clear sky regions. From a satellite perspective, it appears that clouds enhance the radiation nearby. We seek a simple method to estimate this enhancement, since it is so computationally expensive to account for all 3-dimensional (3D) scattering processes. In previous studies, we developed a simple two-layer model (2LM) that estimated the radiation scattered via cloud-molecular interactions. Here we have developed a new model to accounts for cloud-surface interaction (CSI). We test the models by comparing to calculations provided by full 3D radiative transfer simulations of realistic cloud scenes. For these scenes, the MODIS-like radiance fields were computed from the Spherical Harmonic Discrete Ordinate Method (SHDOM), based on a large number of cumulus fields simulated by the UCLA Large Eddy Simulation (LES) model. We find that the original 2LM model that estimates cloud-air molecule interactions accounts for 64% of the total reflectance enhancement, and the new model (2LM+CSI) that also includes cloud-surface interactions accounts for nearly 80%. We discuss the possibility of accounting for cloud-aerosol radiative interactions in 3D cloud induced reflectance enhancement, which may explain the remaining 20% of enhancements. Because these are simple models, these corrections can be applied to global satellite observations (e.g. MODIS) and help to reduce biases in aerosol and other clear-sky retrievals.
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- Guoyong Wen
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- GESTAR/Morgan State University, Maryland
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
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Climatology Analysis of Aerosol Effect on Marine Water Cloud from Long-Term Satellite Climate Data Records. REMOTE SENSING 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/rs8040300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Effect of Cloud Fraction on Near-Cloud Aerosol Behavior in the MODIS Atmospheric Correction Ocean Color Product. REMOTE SENSING 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/rs70505283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Where Aerosols Become Clouds—Potential for Global Analysis Based on CALIPSO Data. REMOTE SENSING 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/rs70404178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Chand D, Wood R, Ghan SJ, Wang M, Ovchinnikov M, Rasch PJ, Miller S, Schichtel B, Moore T. Aerosol optical depth increase in partly cloudy conditions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2012jd017894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Goren T, Rosenfeld D. Satellite observations of ship emission induced transitions from broken to closed cell marine stratocumulus over large areas. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2012jd017981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Ten Hoeve JE, Jacobson MZ, Remer LA. Comparing results from a physical model with satellite and in situ observations to determine whether biomass burning aerosols over the Amazon brighten or burn off clouds. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2011jd016856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Fan J, Leung LR, Li Z, Morrison H, Chen H, Zhou Y, Qian Y, Wang Y. Aerosol impacts on clouds and precipitation in eastern China: Results from bin and bulk microphysics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2011jd016537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Jeong MJ, Li Z. Separating real and apparent effects of cloud, humidity, and dynamics on aerosol optical thickness near cloud edges. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd013547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Su W, Loeb NG, Xu KM, Schuster GL, Eitzen ZA. An estimate of aerosol indirect effect from satellite measurements with concurrent meteorological analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2010jd013948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Stevens B, Feingold G. Untangling aerosol effects on clouds and precipitation in a buffered system. Nature 2009; 461:607-13. [PMID: 19794487 DOI: 10.1038/nature08281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 833] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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It is thought that changes in the concentration of cloud-active aerosol can alter the precipitation efficiency of clouds, thereby changing cloud amount and, hence, the radiative forcing of the climate system. Despite decades of research, it has proved frustratingly difficult to establish climatically meaningful relationships among the aerosol, clouds and precipitation. As a result, the climatic effect of the aerosol remains controversial. We propose that the difficulty in untangling relationships among the aerosol, clouds and precipitation reflects the inadequacy of existing tools and methodologies and a failure to account for processes that buffer cloud and precipitation responses to aerosol perturbations.
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- Bjorn Stevens
- Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, KlimaCampus, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
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Bevan SL, North PRJ, Grey WMF, Los SO, Plummer SE. Impact of atmospheric aerosol from biomass burning on Amazon dry-season drought. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2008jd011112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Twohy CH, Coakley JA, Tahnk WR. Effect of changes in relative humidity on aerosol scattering near clouds. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2008jd010991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Su W, Schuster GL, Loeb NG, Rogers RR, Ferrare RA, Hostetler CA, Hair JW, Obland MD. Aerosol and cloud interaction observed from high spectral resolution lidar data. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2008jd010588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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