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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-771-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-771-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
22 Jan 2020
Research article |
| 22 Jan 2020
| 22 Jan 2020
Natural sea-salt emissions moderate the climate forcing of anthropogenic nitrate
Department Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Minerva Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz,
Germany
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Minerva Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz,
Germany
Nan Ma
Center for Pollution and Climate Change Research (APCC), Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Minerva Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz,
Germany
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Department Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Chao Wei
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Liang Ran
Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment
Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China
Ralf Wolke
Modelling of Atmospheric Processes, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Johannes Größ
Department Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Qiaoqiao Wang
Center for Pollution and Climate Change Research (APCC), Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Andrea Pozzer
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Hugo A. C. Denier van der Gon
TNO, Department of Climate, Air and Sustainability, Princetonlaan 6,
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Gerald Spindler
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Jos Lelieveld
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Ina Tegen
Modelling of Atmospheric Processes, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Alfred Wiedensohler
Department Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Data sets
EMAC_2010.nc Y. Chen, J. Lelieveld, and A. Pozzer https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/297
NCEP sea surface temperature NCEP SST https://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/sst/
Observation data of atmospheric chemical composition and physical properties EBAS http://ebas.nilu.no/default.aspx
Short summary
Particulate nitrate is one of the most important climate cooling agents. Our results show that interaction with sea-salt aerosol can shift nitrate to larger sized particles (redistribution effect), weakening its direct cooling effect. The modelling results indicate strong redistribution over coastal and offshore regions worldwide as well as continental Europe. Improving the consideration of the redistribution effect in global models fosters a better understanding of climate change.
Particulate nitrate is one of the most important climate cooling agents. Our results show that...
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