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Research article
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13 Dec 2019
Research article |
| 13 Dec 2019
| 13 Dec 2019
Climate system response to stratospheric sulfate aerosols: sensitivity to altitude of aerosol layer
Krishna-Pillai Sukumara-Pillai Krishnamohan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of
Science, Bengaluru 560012, India
Govindasamy Bala
Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of
Science, Bengaluru 560012, India
Long Cao
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth Sciences,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou,Zhejiang 310027, China
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth Sciences,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou,Zhejiang 310027, China
Department
of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Ken Caldeira
Department
of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Short summary
We find that sulfate aerosols are more effective in cooling the climate system when they reside higher in the stratosphere. We explain this sensitivity in terms of radiative forcing at the top of the atmosphere. Sulfate aerosols heat the stratospheric layers, causing an increase in stratospheric water vapor content and a reduction in high clouds. These changes are larger when aerosols are prescribed near the tropopause, offsetting part of the aerosol-induced negative radiative forcing/cooling.
We find that sulfate aerosols are more effective in cooling the climate system when they reside...
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