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Articles | Volume 23, issue 23
Articles | Volume 23, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15121-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15121-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 23, issue 23
Research article
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07 Dec 2023
Research article |  | 07 Dec 2023

Strong aerosol cooling alone does not explain cold-biased mid-century temperatures in CMIP6 models

Clare Marie Flynn, Linnea Huusko, Angshuman Modak, and Thorsten Mauritsen

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The latest-generation climate models show surprisingly cold mid-20th century global-mean temperatures, often despite exhibiting more realistic late 20th/early 21st century temperatures. A too-strong aerosol forcing in many models was thought to the be primary cause of these too-cold mid-century temperatures, but this was found to only be a partial explanation. This also partly undermines the hope to construct a strong relationship between the mid-century temperatures and aerosol forcing.
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