Ocean mediation of tropospheric response to reflecting and absorbing aerosols

Xu, Y.; Xie, S.-P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5827-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 5827–5833, 2015

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5827-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 5827–5833, 2015

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5827-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

Research article 27 May 2015

Research article | 27 May 2015

Ocean mediation of tropospheric response to reflecting and absorbing aerosols

Y. Xu and S.-P. Xie

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RC C457: 'Review Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Feb 2015
RC C1232: 'Review of 'Ocean mediation of tropospheric response to reflecting and absorbing aerosols', Y. Xu and S.-P. Xie', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Mar 2015
AC C1365: 'Responses to two reviewers', Yangyang Xu, 06 Apr 2015

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Short summary

Strong solar heating by absorbing aerosols (black carbon) is considered more effective in inducing atmospheric circulation change than reflecting aerosols (sulfate), which do not have direct atmospheric heating effect. Surprisingly, we show that reflecting aerosols induce tropospheric temperature and circulation response similar to that induced by absorbing aerosols. The common response is mediated by the ocean through SST gradient, a process overlooked so far in aerosol-climate connection.