Aerosol Direct Radiative Effects at the ARM SGP and TWP Sites: Clear Skies

Wu, Xiaolin; Balmes, Kelly A.; Fu, Qiang

doi:10.1029/2020jd033663

Title: Aerosol Direct Radiative Effects at the ARM SGP and TWP Sites: Clear Skies

Journal Article · Thu Mar 11 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jd033663· OSTI ID:1853468

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Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences

The clear-sky aerosol direct radiative effect (DRE) was estimated at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Southern Great Plains (SGP) and Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) sites. The NASA Langley Fu-Liou radiation model was used with observed inputs including aerosol vertical extinction profile from the Raman lidar; spectral aerosol optical depth (AOD), single-scattering albedo and asymmetry factor from Aerosol Robotic Network; temperature and water vapor profiles from radiosondes; and surface shortwave (SW) spectral albedo from radiometers. A radiative closure experiment was conducted for clear-sky conditions. The mean differences of modeled and observed surface downwelling SW total fluxes were 1 W m-2 at SGP and 2 W m^-2 at TWP, which are within observational uncertainty. At SGP, the estimated annual mean clear-sky aerosol DRE is -3.00 W m^-2 at the top of atmosphere (TOA) and -6.85 W m^-2 at the surface. The strongest aerosol DRE of -4.81 (-10.77) W m^-2 at the TOA (surface) are in the summer when AODs are largest. The weakest aerosol DRE of -.28 (-2.77) W m^-2 at the TOA (surface) are in November–January when AODs and single-scattering albedos are lowest. At TWP, the annual mean clear-sky DRE is -2.82 W m-2 at the TOA and -10.34 W m^-2 at the surface. The strongest aerosol DRE of -5.95 (-22.20) W m^-2 at the TOA (surface) are in November (October) due to the biomass burning season’s peak. The weakest aerosol DRE of -0.96 (-4.16) W m^-2 at the TOA (surface) are in March (April) when AODs are smallest.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

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OSTI ID:: 1853468

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 126, Issue 5; ISSN 2169-897X

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