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Aerosol Cloud Radiation Interactions

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerosols".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 April 2024) | Viewed by 3484

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Dr. Bo Hu

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State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Interests: atmospheric radiation; aerosols; atmospheric boundary layer physics; mesoscale meteorology; atmospheric diffusion; cloud

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In the treatment of aerosols, clouds, and radiation in climate models, and in efforts to achieve carbon peak and neutrality goals, renewable energy is anticipated to play an important role in energy revolution. This will require the nowcasting algorithm for global irradiance. However, the interactions and associated feedbacks among aerosols, clouds, and radiation are one of the largest sources of uncertainty in predicting any potential future climate change.

Areas to be covered in this research topic may include but are not limited to:

  • Characterization of the effects of aerosols and clouds on energy and understanding the interactions among aerosols, clouds, and radiation;
  • Application of remote sensing monitoring technology and modeling in aerosol and radiation, including data processing, phenomena, and evolution of interaction between aerosol and radiation;
  • Air pollution physical and chemical processes that affect radiation, including aerosol pollution, biomass burning, dust, ozone, multiphase chemistry, etc.

Dr. Bo Hu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • solar radiation
  • aerosol
  • remote sensing
  • ozone
  • meteorology
  • precipitation
  • haze

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Attenuation of Ultraviolet Radiation by Aerosols and Clouds in Beijing Area in 2005–2020
by Shuman Zhao, Huajian Xin, Shumin Wu, Yankun Sun and Bo Hu
Atmosphere 2024, 15(3), 311; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/atmos15030311 - 29 Feb 2024
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Ultraviolet radiation (UV) has strong chemical and biological effects on human health and ecosystems, and it plays an important role in the atmospheric environment by affecting photochemical processes, etc. Clouds and aerosols are the main factors affecting UV radiation and analyzing the quantitative [...] Read more.
Ultraviolet radiation (UV) has strong chemical and biological effects on human health and ecosystems, and it plays an important role in the atmospheric environment by affecting photochemical processes, etc. Clouds and aerosols are the main factors affecting UV radiation and analyzing the quantitative impact of them on UV radiation is of great significance. Using the observation data of UV radiation in Beijing from 2005 to 2020, as well as the data of aerosol optical depth (AOD), single scattering albedo (SSA), and other related parameters, this paper simulated the surface UV radiation in two scenarios of cloudless without aerosol and cloudless with aerosol based on the TUV (Tropospheric Ultraviolet-Visible model), and quantitatively evaluated the attenuation of UV radiation by aerosol and cloud in the Beijing area. The results show that UV radiation is more sensitive to changes in AOD. Fixing the SSA value to 0.9, when the AOD increases from 0.2 to 1.0, the UV radiation decreases from 21.16 W/m2 to 12.64 W/m2 at 12:00; when AOD is maintained at 0.64, the SSA increases from 0.7 to 0.95, and the UV radiation increases from 14.55 W/m2 to 19.91 W/m2. The average annual attenuation rates of ultraviolet radiation by aerosols and clouds from 2005 to 2020 are 30.64% and 40.22%, respectively; the monthly averaged attenuation rates are 30.48% and 42.04%, respectively; and the daily averaged attenuation rates are 31.02% and 50.45%, respectively. Full article
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Role of Aerosols on Atmospheric Circulation in Regional Climate Experiments over Europe
by Ginés Garnés-Morales, Juan Pedro Montávez, Amar Halifa-Marín and Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero
Atmosphere 2023, 14(3), 491; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/atmos14030491 - 02 Mar 2023
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Aerosols can strongly influence atmospheric circulation, and categorizing it into circulation types (CTs) helps in understanding the relationship between atmospheric forcing and surface conditions. However, few studies have considered the impact of interactive aerosols on atmospheric dynamics from a climatic perspective. This contribution [...] Read more.
Aerosols can strongly influence atmospheric circulation, and categorizing it into circulation types (CTs) helps in understanding the relationship between atmospheric forcing and surface conditions. However, few studies have considered the impact of interactive aerosols on atmospheric dynamics from a climatic perspective. This contribution aims to assess whether simulations with interactive aerosols (online solving of aerosol–radiation interactions, ARI, and aerosol–radiation–cloud interactions, ARCI) significantly impact atmospheric dynamics over Europe during winter compared to conventional regional climate models with prescribed aerosols. For that, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) has been applied to reduce the dimensionality of the problem in order to cluster different weather patterns. Results showed significant differences in the two predominant patterns, characterized by a western zonal flow (CT1) and a low-pressure system centered in Italy (CT2). The ARI experiment revealed a substantial reduction of surface level pressure over central-eastern Europe for CT1, resulting in a southward shift of the flux direction, and an increase in pressure over Scandinavia for CT2. The ARCI experiment exhibited a similar, but weaker effect. Furthermore, the study demonstrated the impact of aerosols on the frequency of different CTs and on the concentration of black and white aerosols. The findings of this study emphasize the significant role of aerosols in the atmospheric system and the need for further research to reduce uncertainty in meteorological and climatic experiments, particularly in the context of mitigating climate change. Full article
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