All-sky aerosol direct radiative effects at the ARM SGP site
Abstract
Abstract All‐sky aerosol direct radiative effect (DRE) was estimated for the first time at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Southern Great Plains site using multiyear ground‐based observations. The NASA Langley Fu‐Liou radiation model was employed. Observed inputs for the radiation model include aerosol and cloud vertical extinction profile from Raman lidar; spectral aerosol optical depth, single‐scattering albedo, and asymmetry factor from Aerosol Robotic Network; cloud water content profiles from radars; temperature and water vapor profiles from radiosondes; and surface shortwave spectral albedo from radiometers. A cloudy‐sky radiative closure experiment was performed. The relative mean differences between modeled and observed surface downwelling shortwave total fluxes were 6% (7%) for transparent (opaque) cloudy‐skies. The estimated annual mean all‐sky aerosol DRE is −2.13 0.54 W m −2 at the top of atmosphere (TOA) and −5.95 0.87 W m −2 at the surface, compared to −3.00 0.58 W m −2 and −6.85 1.00 W m −2 , respectively, under clear‐sky conditions. The seasonal cycle of all‐sky aerosol DRE is similar to that of the clear‐sky, except with secondary influences of the clouds: The cloud radiative effect is strongest (most negative) in the spring, which reduces the all‐sky aerosol DRE. The relative uncertainties in all‐sky aerosol DRE due to measurementmore »
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Center
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1812312
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1815073
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0020135; DE‐SC0020135
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 126; Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-897X
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Balmes, K. A., and Fu, Q. All-sky aerosol direct radiative effects at the ARM SGP site. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1029/2021jd034933.
Balmes, K. A., & Fu, Q. All-sky aerosol direct radiative effects at the ARM SGP site. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jd034933
Balmes, K. A., and Fu, Q. Fri .
"All-sky aerosol direct radiative effects at the ARM SGP site". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jd034933. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1812312.
@article{osti_1812312,
title = {All-sky aerosol direct radiative effects at the ARM SGP site},
author = {Balmes, K. A. and Fu, Q.},
abstractNote = {Abstract All‐sky aerosol direct radiative effect (DRE) was estimated for the first time at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Southern Great Plains site using multiyear ground‐based observations. The NASA Langley Fu‐Liou radiation model was employed. Observed inputs for the radiation model include aerosol and cloud vertical extinction profile from Raman lidar; spectral aerosol optical depth, single‐scattering albedo, and asymmetry factor from Aerosol Robotic Network; cloud water content profiles from radars; temperature and water vapor profiles from radiosondes; and surface shortwave spectral albedo from radiometers. A cloudy‐sky radiative closure experiment was performed. The relative mean differences between modeled and observed surface downwelling shortwave total fluxes were 6% (7%) for transparent (opaque) cloudy‐skies. The estimated annual mean all‐sky aerosol DRE is −2.13 0.54 W m −2 at the top of atmosphere (TOA) and −5.95 0.87 W m −2 at the surface, compared to −3.00 0.58 W m −2 and −6.85 1.00 W m −2 , respectively, under clear‐sky conditions. The seasonal cycle of all‐sky aerosol DRE is similar to that of the clear‐sky, except with secondary influences of the clouds: The cloud radiative effect is strongest (most negative) in the spring, which reduces the all‐sky aerosol DRE. The relative uncertainties in all‐sky aerosol DRE due to measurement errors are generally comparable to those in clear‐sky conditions except for the aerosol single‐scattering albedo. The TOA all‐sky aerosol DRE relative uncertainty due to aerosol single‐scattering albedo uncertainty is larger than that in clear‐sky, leading to a larger total relative uncertainty. The measurement errors in cloud properties have small effects on the all‐sky aerosol DRE.},
doi = {10.1029/2021jd034933},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres},
number = 17,
volume = 126,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 06 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Fri Aug 06 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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