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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8867-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8867-2020
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27 Jul 2020
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Multidecadal trend analysis of in situ aerosol radiative properties around the world

Martine Collaud Coen, Elisabeth Andrews, Andrés Alastuey, Todor Petkov Arsov, John Backman, Benjamin T. Brem, Nicolas Bukowiecki, Cédric Couret, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Harald Flentje, Markus Fiebig, Martin Gysel-Beer, Jenny L. Hand, András Hoffer, Rakesh Hooda, Christoph Hueglin, Warren Joubert, Melita Keywood, Jeong Eun Kim, Sang-Woo Kim, Casper Labuschagne, Neng-Huei Lin, Yong Lin, Cathrine Lund Myhre, Krista Luoma, Hassan Lyamani, Angela Marinoni, Olga L. Mayol-Bracero, Nikos Mihalopoulos, Marco Pandolfi, Natalia Prats, Anthony J. Prenni, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Ludwig Ries, Fabienne Reisen, Karine Sellegri, Sangeeta Sharma, Patrick Sheridan, James Patrick Sherman, Junying Sun, Gloria Titos, Elvis Torres, Thomas Tuch, Rolf Weller, Alfred Wiedensohler, Paul Zieger, and Paolo Laj

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Multidecadal time series of in-situ aerosol radiative properties from 52 stations around the world M. Collaud Coen, E. Andrews, A. Alastuey, T. P. Arsov, J. Backman, B. T. Brem, N. Bukowiecki, C. Couret, K. Eleftheriadis, H. Flentje, M. Fiebig, M. Gysel-Beer, J. L. Hand, A. Hoffer, R. Hooda, C. Hueglin, W. Joubert, M. Keywood, J. E. Kim, S.-W. Kim, C. Labuschagne, N.-H. Lin, Y. Lin, C. Lund Myhre, K. Luoma, H. Lyamani, A. Marinoni, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, N. Mihalopoulos, M. Pandolfi, N. Prats, A. J. Prenni, J.-P. Putaud, L. Ries, F. Reisen, K. Sellegri, S. Sharma, P. Sheridan, J. P. Sherman, J. Sun, G. Titos, E. Torres, T. Tuch, R. Weller, A. Wiedensohler, P. Zieger, and P. Laj https://doi.org/10.21336/cady-yw57

Short summary
Long-term trends of aerosol radiative properties (52 stations) prove that aerosol load has significantly decreased over the last 20 years. Scattering trends are negative in Europe (EU) and North America (NA), not ss in Asia, and show a mix of positive and negative trends at polar stations. Absorption has mainly negative trends. The single scattering albedo has positive trends in Asia and eastern EU and negative in western EU and NA, leading to a global positive median trend of 0.02 % per year.
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