Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics www.atmos-chem-phys.net 1680-7316 1680-7324 6 12 2006 10.5194/acp-6-5225-2006 http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/6/5225/2006/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/6/5225/2006/acp-6-5225-2006.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/6/5225/2006/acp-6-5225-2006.pdf 5225 5246 2006-11-16 Radiative forcing by aerosols as derived from the AeroCom present-day and pre-industrial simulations M. Schulz michael.schulz@cea.fr C. Textor S. Kinne Y. Balkanski S. Bauer T. Berntsen T. Berglen O. Boucher F. Dentener S. Guibert I. S. A. Isaksen T. Iversen D. Koch A. Kirkevåg X. Liu V. Montanaro G. Myhre J. E. Penner G. Pitari S. Reddy Ø. Seland P. Stier T. Takemura Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (ZMAW), Hamburg, Germany Columbia University, GISS, New York, USA University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway Hadley Centre, Met Office, Exeter, UK European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability,Climate Change Unit, Ispra, Italy Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi L'Aquila, Coppito, Italy NOAA, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA Research Institute for Apllied mechanics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Laboratoire d'Optique Atmospherique, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, CNRS, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA Nine different global models with detailed aerosol modules have independently produced instantaneous direct radiative forcing due to anthropogenic aerosols. The anthropogenic impact is derived from the difference of two model simulations with prescribed aerosol emissions, one for present-day and one for pre-industrial conditions. The difference in the solar energy budget at the top of the atmosphere (ToA) yields a new harmonized estimate for the aerosol direct radiative forcing (RF) under all-sky conditions. On a global annual basis RF is −0.22 Wm^−2, ranging from +0.04 to −0.41 Wm^−2, with a standard deviation of ±0.16 Wm^−2. Anthropogenic nitrate and dust are not included in this estimate. No model shows a significant positive all-sky RF. The corresponding clear-sky RF is −0.68 Wm^−2. The cloud-sky RF was derived based on all-sky and clear-sky RF and modelled cloud cover. It was significantly different from zero and ranged between −0.16 and +0.34 Wm^−2. A sensitivity analysis shows that the total aerosol RF is influenced by considerable diversity in simulated residence times, mass extinction coefficients and most importantly forcing efficiencies (forcing per unit optical depth). The clear-sky forcing efficiency (forcing per unit optical depth) has diversity comparable to that for the all-sky/ clear-sky forcing ratio. While the diversity in clear-sky forcing efficiency is impacted by factors such as aerosol absorption, size, and surface albedo, we can show that the all-sky/clear-sky forcing ratio is important because all-sky forcing estimates require proper representation of cloud fields and the correct relative altitude placement between absorbing aerosol and clouds. The analysis of the sulphate RF shows that long sulphate residence times are compensated by low mass extinction coefficients and vice versa. 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