Modeled and observed properties related to the direct aerosol radiative effect of biomass burning aerosol over the southeastern Atlantic

Doherty, Sarah J.; Saide, Pablo E.; Zuidema, Paquita; Shinozuka, Yohei; Ferrada, Gonzalo A.; Gordon, Hamish; Mallet, Marc; Meyer, Kerry; Painemal, David; Howell, Steven G.; Freitag, Steffen; Dobracki, Amie; Podolske, James R.; Burton, Sharon P.; Ferrare, Richard A.; Howes, Calvin; Nabat, Pierre; Carmichael, Gregory R.; da Silva, Arlindo; Pistone, Kristina; Chang, Ian; Gao, Lan; Wood, Robert; Redemann, Jens

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1-2022

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Modeled and observed properties related to the direct aerosol radiative effect of biomass burning aerosol over the southeastern Atlantic

Sarah J. Doherty, Pablo E. Saide, Paquita Zuidema, Yohei Shinozuka, Gonzalo A. Ferrada, Hamish Gordon, Marc Mallet, Kerry Meyer, David Painemal, Steven G. Howell, Steffen Freitag, Amie Dobracki, James R. Podolske, Sharon P. Burton, Richard A. Ferrare, Calvin Howes, Pierre Nabat, Gregory R. Carmichael, Arlindo da Silva, Kristina Pistone, Ian Chang, Lan Gao, Robert Wood, and Jens Redemann

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Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2016, Version 3, NASA Ames Earth Science Project Office ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2016_V3

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard ER2 During ORACLES 2016, Version 3, NASA Ames Earth Science Project Office ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/ER2/2016_V3

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2017, Version 3, NASA Ames Earth Science Project Offic ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2017_V3

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2018, Version 3, NASA Ames Earth Science Project Office ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2018_V3

MODIS Atmosphere L3 Daily Product, NASA MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Goddard Space Flight Center (Terra) S. Platnick, M. King, and P. Hubanks https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD08_D3.006

MODIS Atmosphere L3 Daily Product, NASA MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Goddard Space Flight Center (Aqua) S. Platnick, M. King, and P. Hubanks https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD08_D3.006

MODIS atmosphere L2 cloud product (06\_L2), NASA MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Goddard Space Flight Center (Terra) S. Platnick, S. A. Ackerman, M. D. King, K. Meyer, W. P. Menzel, R. E. Holz, B. A. Baum, and P. Yang https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD06_L2.006

MODIS atmosphere L2 cloud product (06\_L2), NASA MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Goddard Space Flight Center (Aqua) S. Platnick, S. A. Ackerman, M. D. King, K. Meyer, W. P. Menzel, R. E. Holz, B. A. Baum, and P. Yang https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD06_L2.006

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Between July and October, biomass burning smoke is advected over the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, leading to climate forcing. Model calculations of forcing by this plume vary significantly in both magnitude and sign. This paper compares aerosol and cloud properties observed during three NASA ORACLES field campaigns to the same in four models. It quantifies modeled biases in properties key to aerosol direct radiative forcing and evaluates how these biases propagate to biases in forcing.