Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4213-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4213-2016
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04 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 04 Apr 2016

Potential sensitivity of photosynthesis and isoprene emission to direct radiative effects of atmospheric aerosol pollution

Susanna Strada and Nadine Unger

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We apply a global Earth system model to quantify the direct impacts of anthropogenic aerosols on gross primary productivity (GPP) and isoprene emission. On the global scale, GPP and isoprene emission are not sensitive to pollution aerosols, while at the regional scale they show a robust but opposite sensitivity to pollution aerosols. We posit that anthropogenic aerosols affect land carbon fluxes (GPP and isoprene emission) via radiative and thermal mechanisms that vary across regions.
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