Robust evidence for reversal of the trend in aerosol effective climate forcing

J Quaas, H Jia, C Smith, AL Albright… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Anthropogenic aerosols exert a cooling influence that offsets part of the greenhouse gas
warming. Due to their short tropospheric lifetime of only several days, the aerosol forcing …

Regulating the composition and secondary structure of wheat protein through canopy shading to improve dough performance and nutritional index

H Yang, Y Li, J Zhao, Z Chen, X Huang… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Viscoelastic properties of gluten proteins critically determine the biscuit-making quality.
However, cultivar genetics and light conditions closely regulate the composition of the gluten …

An assessment of global dimming and brightening during 1984–2018 using the FORTH radiative transfer model and ISCCP satellite and MERRA-2 reanalysis data

M Stamatis, N Hatzianastassiou, MB Korras-Carraca… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, an assessment of the FORTH radiative transfer model (RTM) surface solar
radiation (SSR) as well as its interdecadal changes (Δ (SSR)), namely global dimming and …

Global clear-sky aerosol speciated direct radiative effects over 40 years (1980–2019)

MB Korras-Carraca, A Gkikas, C Matsoukas… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
We assess the 40-year climatological clear-sky global direct radiative effect (DRE) of five
main aerosol types using the MERRA-2 reanalysis and a spectral radiative transfer model …

Forcing for multidecadal surface solar radiation trends over Northern Hemisphere continents

JA Augustine, A Capotondi - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐term variation of North Pacific and North Atlantic sea surface temperatures (SSTs)
is shown to be associated with multidecadal trends of surface solar radiation in North …

Assessment of surface downward longwave radiation in CMIP6 with comparison to observations and CMIP5

J Xu, X Zhang, W Zhang, N Hou, C Feng, S Yang… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surface downward longwave radiation (SDLR) plays an important role in understanding the
greenhouse effect and global warming. The simulated SDLR from 47 coupled models in the …

Long-term variations of surface solar radiation in China from routine meteorological observations

X Yang, W Qin, L Wang, M Zhang, Z Niu - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Accurate observations of long-term surface solar radiation (SSR) are crucial for hydrological
processes, agricultural production, and photovoltaic power generation. The main purpose of …

Interdecadal changes of the MERRA-2 incoming surface solar radiation (SSR) and evaluation against GEBA & BSRN Stations

M Stamatis, N Hatzianastassiou, MB Korras-Carraca… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study assesses and evaluates the 40-year (1980–2019) Modern-Era Retrospective
Analysis for Research and Applications v. 2 (MERRA-2) surface solar radiation (SSR) as …

Characteristics of Aerosols and Clouds and Their Role in Earth's Energy Budget

L Yu, M Zhang, L Wang, H Li, J Li - Journal of Climate, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Clouds and aerosols provide the greatest uncertainty in estimating and interpreting Earth's
energy budget. This study not only focuses on surface brightening/dimming, but also …

Analysis of cloud effects on long-term global and diffuse photosynthetically active radiation at a Mediterranean site

IL Lozano, G Sánchez-Hernández… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study addresses the analysis of the cloud effects on photosynthetically active radiation
(PAR, 400–700 nm) for global (PAR Global) and its diffuse component (PAR Diffuse). To this …