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Articles | Volume 25, issue 7
Articles | Volume 25, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3873-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3873-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 7
Research article
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03 Apr 2025
Research article |  | 03 Apr 2025

Surface temperature dependence of stratospheric sulfate aerosol clear-sky forcing and feedback

Ravikiran Hegde, Moritz Günther, Hauke Schmidt, and Clarissa Kroll

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Using a one-dimensional radiative–convective equilibrium model, we show that in clear-sky conditions, stratospheric sulfate aerosol forcing weakens with increasing surface temperature while CO2 forcing varies much less. This effect arises as sulfate aerosol, unlike CO2, absorbs mainly at wavelengths where the atmosphere is optically thin. It thereby masks the surface emission, which increases with warming. The spectral masking also results in weaker radiative feedback when aerosol is present.
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