Aerosol optical properties over Europe: an evaluation of the AQMEII Phase 3 simulations against satellite observations

Palacios-Peña, Laura; Jiménez-Guerrero, Pedro; Baró, Rocío; Balzarini, Alessandra; Bianconi, Roberto; Curci, Gabriele; Landi, Tony Christian; Pirovano, Guido; Prank, Marje; Riccio, Angelo; Tuccella, Paolo; Galmarini, Stefano

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2965-2019

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Aerosol optical properties over Europe: an evaluation of the AQMEII Phase 3 simulations against satellite observations

Laura Palacios-Peña, Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero, Rocío Baró, Alessandra Balzarini, Roberto Bianconi, Gabriele Curci, Tony Christian Landi, Guido Pirovano, Marje Prank, Angelo Riccio, Paolo Tuccella, and Stefano Galmarini

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The main uncertainties regarding the estimation of changes in the Earth’s energy budget are related to the role of atmospheric aerosols. Our study evaluates the representation of aerosol optical properties by different atmospheric chemistry models against remote-sensing observations in order to reduce this uncertainty. Results show that the representation of aerosol optical properties is strongly dependent on the used model.