Articles | Volume 18, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15261-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15261-2018
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24 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 24 Oct 2018

Large simulated radiative effects of smoke in the south-east Atlantic

Hamish Gordon, Paul R. Field, Steven J. Abel, Mohit Dalvi, Daniel P. Grosvenor, Adrian A. Hill, Ben T. Johnson, Annette K. Miltenberger, Masaru Yoshioka, and Ken S. Carslaw

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Smoke from African fires is frequently transported across the Atlantic Ocean, where it interacts with clouds. We simulate the interaction of the smoke with the clouds, and the consequences of this for the solar radiation the clouds reflect. The simulations use a new regional configuration of the UK Met Office climate model. Our simulations indicate that the properties of the clouds, in particular their height and reflectivity, and the fractional cloud cover, are strongly affected by the smoke.
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