Soot microphysical effects on liquid clouds, a multi-model investigation
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Published:2011-02-07
Issue:3
Volume:11
Page:1051-1064
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ISSN:1680-7324
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Container-title:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Atmos. Chem. Phys.
Author:
Koch D.,Balkanski Y.,Bauer S. E.,Easter R. C.,Ferrachat S.,Ghan S. J.,Hoose C.,Iversen T.,Kirkevåg A.,Kristjansson J. E.,Liu X.,Lohmann U.,Menon S.,Quaas J.,Schulz M.,Seland Ø.,Takemura T.,Yan N.
Abstract
Abstract. We use global models to explore the microphysical effects of carbonaceous aerosols on liquid clouds. Although absorption of solar radiation by soot warms the atmosphere, soot may cause climate cooling due to its contribution to cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and therefore cloud brightness. Six global models conducted three soot experiments; four of the models had detailed aerosol microphysical schemes. The average cloud radiative response to biofuel soot (black and organic carbon), including both indirect and semi-direct effects, is −0.11 Wm−2, comparable in size but opposite in sign to the respective direct effect. In a more idealized fossil fuel black carbon experiment, some models calculated a positive cloud response because soot provides a deposition sink for sulfuric and nitric acids and secondary organics, decreasing nucleation and evolution of viable CCN. Biofuel soot particles were also typically assumed to be larger and more hygroscopic than for fossil fuel soot and therefore caused more negative forcing, as also found in previous studies. Diesel soot (black and organic carbon) experiments had relatively smaller cloud impacts with five of the models
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Atmospheric Science
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