ARM-Led Improvements Aerosols in Climate and Climate Models
The DOE ARM program has played a foundational role in efforts to quantify aerosol effects on climate, beginning with the early back-of-the-envelope estimates of direct radiative forcing by anthropogenic sulfate and biomass burning aerosol (Penner et al., 1994). In this chapter we review the role that ARM has played in subsequent detailed estimates based on physically-based representations of aerosols in climate models. The focus is on quantifying the direct and indirect effects of anthropogenic aerosol on the planetary energy balance. Only recently have other DOE programs applied the aerosol modeling capability to simulate the climate response to the radiative forcing.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1358523
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-96813; KP1701000
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program: The First 20 Years: Meteorological Monographs, 57:27.1 - 27.12
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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