Impact of aerosols and clouds on decadal trends in all-sky solar radiation over the Netherlands (1966–2015)

Boers, Reinout; Brandsma, Theo; Siebesma, A. Pier

doi:10.5194/acp-17-8081-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8081-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8081-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 13

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04 Jul 2017

Research article |

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Impact of aerosols and clouds on decadal trends in all-sky solar radiation over the Netherlands (1966–2015)

Reinout Boers, Theo Brandsma, and A. Pier Siebesma

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Short summary

In the Netherlands 9 W m⁻² more solar radiation falls on the surface today than 50 years ago. Often this increase, which has also been detected in surrounding western Europe, has been attributed to decreasing air pollution due to improved regulatory practices. However, over the Netherlands clouds play an important but ambiguous role. Cloud cover has increased but have become optically thinner as well. Here, the impact of clouds on radiation is in fact more important than that of air pollution.


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