Effective radiative forcing in the aerosol–climate model CAM5.3-MARC-ARG

Grandey, Benjamin S.; Rothenberg, Daniel; Avramov, Alexander; Jin, Qinjian; Lee, Hsiang-He; Liu, Xiaohong; Lu, Zheng; Albani, Samuel; Wang, Chien

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15783-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15783-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15783-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 21

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02 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 02 Nov 2018

Effective radiative forcing in the aerosol–climate model CAM5.3-MARC-ARG

Benjamin S. Grandey, Daniel Rothenberg, Alexander Avramov, Qinjian Jin, Hsiang-He Lee, Xiaohong Liu, Zheng Lu, Samuel Albani, and Chien Wang

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15783-2018-supplement

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Data for Effective radiative forcing in the aerosol-climate model CAM5.3-MARC-ARG B. S. Grandey https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5687812.v7

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Configuration and analysis for Effective radiative forcing in the aerosol-climate model CAM5.3-MARC-ARG B. S. Grandey https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1346707

MARC - Model for Research of Aerosols and Climate A. Avramov, D. Rothenberg, Q. Jin, S. Garimella, B. Grandey, and C. Wang https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1117370

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Anthropogenic emissions of aerosol particles likely cool the climate system. We investigate the uncertainty in the strength of the cooling effect by exploring the representation of aerosols in a global climate model. We conclude that the specific representation of aerosols in global climate models has important implications for climate modelling. Important factors include the representation of aerosol mixing state, size distribution, and optical properties.