Radiative effects of interannually varying vs. interannually invariant aerosol emissions from fires

Grandey, Benjamin S.; Lee, Hsiang-He; Wang, Chien

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14495-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14495-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14495-2016

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 22

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23 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 23 Nov 2016

Radiative effects of interannually varying vs. interannually invariant aerosol emissions from fires

Benjamin S. Grandey, Hsiang-He Lee, and Chien Wang

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Wildfires emit organic carbon aerosols, small particles suspended in the atmosphere. These aerosols may cool the climate system via interactions with sunlight and clouds. We have used a global climate model to investigate the cooling effects of these aerosols. We find that ignoring interannual variability of the emissions may lead to an overestimation of the cooling effect of the aerosols emitted by fires.