Articles | Volume 20, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13355-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13355-2020
Research article
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11 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 11 Nov 2020

Evaluation of climate model aerosol trends with ground-based observations over the last 2 decades – an AeroCom and CMIP6 analysis

Augustin Mortier, Jonas Gliß, Michael Schulz, Wenche Aas, Elisabeth Andrews, Huisheng Bian, Mian Chin, Paul Ginoux, Jenny Hand, Brent Holben, Hua Zhang, Zak Kipling, Alf Kirkevåg, Paolo Laj, Thibault Lurton, Gunnar Myhre, David Neubauer, Dirk Olivié, Knut von Salzen, Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, Toshihiko Takemura, and Simone Tilmes

Model code and software

metno/pyaerocom: Version used in Mortier et al., ACP, 2020 (Version v0.9.1) Jonas Gliß, Jan Griesfeller, Michael Schulz, and the pyaerocom developer team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4139879

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We present a multiparameter analysis of the aerosol trends over the last 2 decades in the different regions of the world. In most of the regions, ground-based observations show a decrease in aerosol content in both the total atmospheric column and at the surface. The use of climate models, assessed against these observations, reveals however an increase in the total aerosol load, which is not seen with the sole use of observation due to partial coverage in space and time.
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