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Research article
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06 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 06 Jan 2021
| 06 Jan 2021
AeroCom phase III multi-model evaluation of the aerosol life cycle and optical properties using ground- and space-based remote sensing as well as surface in situ observations
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Augustin Mortier
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Michael Schulz
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Elisabeth Andrews
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Yves Balkanski
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, UPSaclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Susanne E. Bauer
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York City, NY, USA
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
Anna M. K. Benedictow
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Huisheng Bian
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Ramiro Checa-Garcia
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, UPSaclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Mian Chin
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Paul Ginoux
NOAA, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
Jan J. Griesfeller
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Andreas Heckel
Dept. of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
Zak Kipling
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
Alf Kirkevåg
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Harri Kokkola
Atmospheric Research Centre of Eastern Finland, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, Finland
Paolo Laj
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, Institute for Geosciences and Environmental Research (IGE), Grenoble, France
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Philippe Le Sager
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands
Marianne Tronstad Lund
CICERO Center for International Climate Research, Oslo, Norway
Cathrine Lund Myhre
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
Hitoshi Matsui
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Gunnar Myhre
CICERO Center for International Climate Research, Oslo, Norway
David Neubauer
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Twan van Noije
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands
Peter North
Dept. of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
Dirk J. L. Olivié
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Samuel Rémy
HYGEOS, Lille, France
Larisa Sogacheva
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Research Program, Helsinki, Finland
Toshihiko Takemura
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Kostas Tsigaridis
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York City, NY, USA
Svetlana G. Tsyro
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Model code and software
metno/pyaerocom: Version 0.10.0 (Version v0.10.0) J. Gliß, E. Gallefoss, H. Brenna, J. Griesfeller, A. Mortier, H. Svennevik, A.-L. Sjur, and M. Schulz https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4362479
Short summary
Simulated aerosol optical properties as well as the aerosol life cycle are investigated for 14 global models participating in the AeroCom initiative. Considerable diversity is found in the simulated aerosol species emissions and lifetimes, also resulting in a large diversity in the simulated aerosol mass, composition, and optical properties. A comparison with observations suggests that, on average, current models underestimate the direct effect of aerosol on the atmosphere radiation budget.
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