Aerosol absorption has an underappreciated role in historical precipitation change

BH Samset - Communications Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Precipitation change has proven notoriously hard to simulate consistently between global
climate models. Aerosol induced shortwave absorption over the historical era is also poorly …

Strong control of effective radiative forcing by the spatial pattern of absorbing aerosol

AIL Williams, P Stier, G Dagan… - Nature Climate Change, 2022 - nature.com
Over the coming decades, it is expected that the spatial pattern of anthropogenic aerosol will
change dramatically and the global aerosol composition will become relatively more …

Adjustments to climate perturbations—mechanisms, implications, observational constraints

J Quaas, T Andrews, N Bellouin, K Block… - AGU …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Since the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (AR5) an extended concept of the energetic analysis of climate change including …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropogenic aerosol effects on tropospheric circulation and sea surface temperature (1980–2020): separating the role of zonally asymmetric forcings

C Diao, Y Xu, SP Xie - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Anthropogenic aerosols (AAs) induce global and regional tropospheric circulation
adjustments due to the radiative energy perturbations. The overall cooling effects of AA …

Aerosol forcing masks and delays the formation of the North Atlantic warming hole by three decades

G Dagan, P Stier… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The North Atlantic warming hole (NAWH) is referred to as a reduced warming, or
even cooling, of the North Atlantic during an anthropogenic‐driven global warming. A NAWH …

[HTML][HTML] On the contribution of fast and slow responses to precipitation changes caused by aerosol perturbations

S Zhang, P Stier, D Watson-Parris - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract Changes in global-mean precipitation are strongly constrained by global radiative
cooling, while regional rainfall changes are less constrained because energy can be …

Substantial Underestimation of Fine-Mode Aerosol Loading from Wildfires and Its Radiative Effects in Current Satellite-Based Retrievals over the United States

X Yan, C Zuo, Z Li, HW Chen, Y Jiang… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Wildfires generate abundant smoke primarily composed of fine-mode aerosols. However,
accurately measuring the fine-mode aerosol optical depth (fAOD) is highly uncertain in most …

Strong influence of aerosol reductions on future heatwaves

A Zhao, MA Bollasina… - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Using the Community Earth System Model Large Ensemble experiments, we
investigate future heatwaves under the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 scenario …

Contrasting response of precipitation to aerosol perturbation in the tropics and extratropics explained by energy budget considerations

G Dagan, P Stier… - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation plays a crucial role in the Earth's energy balance, the water cycle, and the
global atmospheric circulation. Aerosols, by direct interaction with radiation and by serving …

Increasing frequency and lengthening season of western disturbances are linked to increasing strength and delayed northward migration of the subtropical jet

KMR Hunt - Weather and Climate Dynamics, 2024 - wcd.copernicus.org
Western disturbances (WDs) are cyclonic storms that travel along the subtropical jet,
bringing the majority of seasonal and extreme precipitation to the Hindu Kush, Karakoram …