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Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-2175-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-2175-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
Research article
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11 Feb 2026
Research article |  | 11 Feb 2026

Unveiling the dominant control of the systematic cooling bias in CMIP6 models: quantification and corrective strategies

Jie Zhang, Kalli Furtado, Steven T. Turnock, Yixiong Lu, Tongwen Wu, Fang Zhang, Xiaoge Xin, and Yuyun Liu

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Aerosol cooling has been identified as a key driver of the cold biases in CMIP6 (sixth Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project) models. We demonstrate the critical role of sulfate burden anomaly and the contribution of sulfur removal processes. Faster sulfate deposition directly lowers atmospheric sulfate levels, while enhanced SO₂ deposition reduces the precursor for sulfate formation. The systematically short sulfate lifetime implies that model improvements should focus on SO₂ deposition processes, rather than sulfate deposition.
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