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Title: Comparison of aerosol optical properties above clouds between POLDER and AeroCom models over the South East Atlantic Ocean during the fire season

Journal Article · · Geophysical Research Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068222· OSTI ID:1327124
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  1. Univ. Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq (France); Univ. of Exeter (United Kingdom)
  2. Univ. of Reading (United Kingdom)
  3. Univ. Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)
  4. Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo, Oslo (Norway)
  5. Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan)
  6. Max Planck Inst. for Meteorology, Hamburg (Germany); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
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Aerosol properties above clouds have been retrieved over the South East Atlantic Ocean during the fire season 2006 using satellite observations from POLDER (Polarization and Directionality of Earth Reflectances). From June to October, POLDER has observed a mean Above-Cloud Aerosol Optical Thickness (ACAOT) of 0.28 and a mean Above-Clouds Single Scattering Albedo (ACSSA) of 0.87 at 550nm. These results have been used to evaluate the simulation of aerosols above clouds in 5 AeroCom (Aerosol Comparisons between Observations and Models) models (GOCART, HadGEM3, ECHAM5-HAM2, OsloCTM2 and SPRINTARS). Most models do not reproduce the observed large aerosol load episodes. The comparison highlights the importance of the injection height and the vertical transport parameterizations to simulate the large ACAOT observed by POLDER. Moreover, some models overestimate the ACSSA. In accordance with recent recommendations of the black carbon refractive index, a higher prescription of the imaginary part allows a better comparison with POLDER’s ACSSA.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; French National Research Agency (ANR); Regional Council Nord‐Pas de Calais and the European Funds for Regional Economic Development; Programme National de Télédétection Spatiale
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830; ANR‐11‐LABX‐0005‐01; PNTS‐2013‐10
OSTI ID:
1327124
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-113014; KP1703020
Journal Information:
Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 43, Issue 8; ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher:
American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 23 works
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