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Research article
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11 Nov 2016
Research article |
| 11 Nov 2016
Is global dimming and brightening in Japan limited to urban areas?
Katsumasa Tanaka
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for
Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
Atsumu Ohmura
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
Doris Folini
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
Martin Wild
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
Nozomu Ohkawara
Global Environment and Marine Department, Japan Meteorological Agency
(JMA), Tokyo, Japan
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Short summary
Surface solar radiation observed in Japan generally shows a strong decline until the end of the 1980s and then a recovery up until around 2000. A substantial number of measurement stations are located close to populated areas and are speculated to have been influenced by air pollution. However, data obtained at 14 meteorological observatories suggest that the large decadal variations in surface solar radiation occur on a large scale and not limited to urban areas.
Surface solar radiation observed in Japan generally shows a strong decline until the end of the...
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