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Articles | Volume 20, issue 13
Articles | Volume 20, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8251-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8251-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 20, issue 13
Research article
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16 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 16 Jul 2020

Response of surface shortwave cloud radiative effect to greenhouse gases and aerosols and its impact on summer maximum temperature

Tao Tang, Drew Shindell, Yuqiang Zhang, Apostolos Voulgarakis, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Gunnar Myhre, Camilla W. Stjern, Gregory Faluvegi, and Bjørn H. Samset

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By using climate simulations, we found that both CO2 and black carbon aerosols could reduce low-level cloud cover, which is mainly due to changes in relative humidity, cloud water, dynamics, and stability. Because the impact of cloud on solar radiation is in effect only during daytime, such cloud reduction could enhance solar heating, thereby raising the daily maximum temperature by 10–50 %, varying by region, which has great implications for extreme climate events and socioeconomic activity.
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