https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611921001
Global Aerosol Direct Radiative Effect from CALIOP and C3M
1 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, 23681
2 SSAI, Hampton, VA, 23666
* Email: david.m.winker@nasa.gov
Published online: 7 June 2016
Aerosols are responsible for the largest uncertainties in current estimates of climate orcing. These uncertainties are due in part to the limited abilities of passive sensors to retrieve aerosols in cloudy skies. We use a dataset which merges CALIOP observations together with other A-train observations to estimate aerosol radiative effects in cloudy skies as well as in cloud-free skies. The results can be used to quantify the reduction of aerosol radiative effects in cloudy skies relative to clear skies and to reduce current uncertainties in aerosol radiative effects.
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