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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-1333-2025
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Impact of mineral dust on the global nitrate aerosol direct and indirect radiative effect
Alexandros Milousis
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems: Troposphere (ICE-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Klaus Klingmüller
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Alexandra P. Tsimpidi
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems: Troposphere (ICE-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Jasper F. Kok
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Maria Kanakidou
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Center for the Study of Air Quality and Climate Change, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Patras, Greece
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Athanasios Nenes
Center for the Study of Air Quality and Climate Change, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Patras, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and Their Impacts, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Vlassis A. Karydis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems: Troposphere (ICE-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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This study investigates the impact of dust on the global radiative effect of nitrate aerosols. The results indicate both positive and negative regional shortwave and longwave radiative effects due to aerosol–radiation interactions and cloud adjustments. The global average net REari and REaci of nitrate aerosols are −0.11 and +0.17 W m−2, respectively, mainly affecting the shortwave spectrum. Sensitivity simulations evaluated the influence of mineral dust composition and emissions on the results.
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