Detection of dimming/brightening in Italy from homogenized all-sky and
clear-sky surface solar radiation records and underlying causes (1959&ndash;2013)

Manara, Veronica; Brunetti, Michele; Celozzi, Angela; Maugeri, Maurizio; Sanchez-Lorenzo, Arturo; Wild, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11145-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11145-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11145-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 17

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08 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 08 Sep 2016

Detection of dimming/brightening in Italy from homogenized all-sky and clear-sky surface solar radiation records and underlying causes (1959–2013)

Veronica Manara, Michele Brunetti, Angela Celozzi, Maurizio Maugeri, Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo, and Martin Wild

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RC1: 'Minor Revisions', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Rensponse to Referee 2', Veronica Manara, 27 Jun 2016
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- AC2: 'Response to Referee 1', Veronica Manara, 27 Jun 2016

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AR by Veronica Manara on behalf of the Authors (22 Jul 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (17 Aug 2016) by Stelios Kazadzis

AR by Veronica Manara on behalf of the Authors (29 Aug 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This paper presents the temporal evolution of solar radiation over Italy for the 1959–2013 period and discusses possible reasons for differences between all-sky and clear-sky conditions in order to understand which part of the solar radiation variability depends on aerosols or clouds. The results give evidence of a relevant influence of both anthropogenic and natural aerosols on solar radiation long-term variability.