Mechanisms behind the phenomenon of Arctic amplification are widely discussed. To
contribute to this debate, the (AC) 3 project was established in 2016 (www. ac3-tr. de/). It …

The Arctic region is a harbinger of global change and is warming at a rate higher than the
global average. While Arctic warming is driven by increases in anthropogenic greenhouse …

Short‑lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

Motivated by the need to predict how the Arctic atmosphere will change in a warming world,
this article summarizes recent advances made by the research consortium NETCARE …

Existing studies on vertical profiling of black carbon (BC) and ozone (O 3) were mainly
conducted in the rural areas, leading to limited knowledge of their vertical distributions in the …

A long-term, robust observational record of atmospheric black carbon (BC) concentrations at
Fukue Island for 2009–2019 was produced by unifying the data from a continuous soot …

While carbon dioxide is the main cause for global warming, modeling short-lived climate
forcers (SLCFs) such as methane, ozone, and particles in the Arctic allows us to simulate …

A key driving factor behind rapid Arctic climate change is black carbon, the atmospheric
aerosol that most efficiently absorbs sunlight. Our knowledge about black carbon in the …

Long-term measurements of atmospheric mass concentrations of black carbon (BC) are
needed to investigate changes in its emission, transport, and deposition. However …

The rapidly warming Arctic is sensitive to perturbations in the surface energy budget, which
can be caused by clouds and aerosols. However, the interactions between clouds and …