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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8251-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8251-2020
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Response of surface shortwave cloud radiative effect to greenhouse gases and aerosols and its impact on summer maximum temperature
Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Drew Shindell
Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Yuqiang Zhang
Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Apostolos Voulgarakis
Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
Jean-Francois Lamarque
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Gunnar Myhre
CICERO, Center for International Climate and Environment Research, Oslo, Norway
Camilla W. Stjern
CICERO, Center for International Climate and Environment Research, Oslo, Norway
Gregory Faluvegi
Center for Climate System Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Bjørn H. Samset
CICERO, Center for International Climate and Environment Research, Oslo, Norway
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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.
By using climate simulations, we found that both CO2 and black carbon aerosols could reduce...
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