The aerosol radiative effects of uncontrolled combustion of domestic waste

Kodros, John K.; Cucinotta, Rachel; Ridley, David A.; Wiedinmyer, Christine; Pierce, Jeffrey R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6771-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6771-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6771-2016

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

Research article

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03 Jun 2016

Research article |

| 03 Jun 2016

The aerosol radiative effects of uncontrolled combustion of domestic waste

John K. Kodros, Rachel Cucinotta, David A. Ridley, Christine Wiedinmyer, and Jeffrey R. Pierce

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RC1: 'Review of Krodos et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 May 2016
- AC1: 'Author Response to Reviewer #1', John Kodros, 16 May 2016
RC2: 'Review of "The aerosol radiative effects of uncontrolled combustion of domestic waste" by Kodros et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 May 2016
- AC2: 'Author Response to Reviewer #2', John Kodros, 16 May 2016

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AR by John Kodros on behalf of the Authors (16 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (17 May 2016) by Armin Sorooshian

AR by John Kodros on behalf of the Authors (18 May 2016)

Short summary

We provide a first estimate of the aerosol radiative effects from open, uncontrolled combustion of domestic waste. We find the direct and cloud-albedo indirect radiative effects are predominantly negative (cooling tendency) with regional forcings exceeding −0.4 W m⁻²; however, the magnitude of these effects depends on the assumed emitted aerosol size, mass, and optical properties.