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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2221-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2221-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
26 Feb 2016
Research article |
| 26 Feb 2016
What controls the vertical distribution of aerosol? Relationships between process sensitivity in HadGEM3–UKCA and inter-model variation from AeroCom Phase II
Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Philip Stier
Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Colin E. Johnson
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Graham W. Mann
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Nicolas Bellouin
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Susanne E. Bauer
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Tommi Bergman
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Atmospheric Research Centre of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Mian Chin
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Thomas Diehl
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Climate Risk Management Unit, Ispra, Italy
Steven J. Ghan
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Trond Iversen
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Alf Kirkevåg
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Harri Kokkola
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Atmospheric Research Centre of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Xiaohong Liu
Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Gan Luo
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, the State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA
Twan van Noije
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands
Kirsty J. Pringle
Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Knut von Salzen
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada
Michael Schulz
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Øyvind Seland
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Ragnhild B. Skeie
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO), Oslo, Norway
Toshihiko Takemura
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Kostas Tsigaridis
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Kai Zhang
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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Short summary
The vertical distribution of atmospheric aerosol is an important factor in its effects on climate. In this study we use a sophisticated model of the many interacting processes affecting aerosol in the atmosphere to show that the vertical distribution is typically dominated by only a few of these processes. Constraining these physical processes may help to reduce the large differences between models. However, the important processes are not always the same for different types of aerosol.
The vertical distribution of atmospheric aerosol is an important factor in its effects on...
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