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24 Nov 2016
Research article |
| 24 Nov 2016
Evaluation of biomass burning aerosols in the HadGEM3 climate model with observations from the SAMBBA field campaign
Ben T. Johnson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Met Office, Exeter, UK
James M. Haywood
Met Office, Exeter, UK
CEMPS, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Justin M. Langridge
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Eoghan Darbyshire
Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, Manchester,
UK
William T. Morgan
Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, Manchester,
UK
Kate Szpek
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Jennifer K. Brooke
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Franco Marenco
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, Manchester,
UK
Paulo Artaxo
Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Karla M. Longo
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos
Campos, Brazil
now at: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and USRA/GESTAR, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Jane P. Mulcahy
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Graham W. Mann
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and
Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Mohit Dalvi
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Nicolas Bellouin
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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Short summary
Biomass burning is a large source of carbonaceous aerosols, which scatter and absorb solar radiation, and modify cloud properties. We evaluate the simulation of biomass burning aerosol processes and properties in the HadGEM3 climate model using observations, including those from the South American Biomass Burning Analysis. We find that modelled aerosol optical depths are underestimated unless aerosol emissions (Global Fire Emission Database v3) are increased by a factor of 1.6–2.0.
Biomass burning is a large source of carbonaceous aerosols, which scatter and absorb solar...
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