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dc.contributor.authorMyhre, Gunnar
dc.contributor.authorSamset, Bjørn Hallvard
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-09T10:27:24Z
dc.date.available2017-11-09T10:27:24Z
dc.date.created2015-06-18T13:04:51Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2015, 15 (5), 2883-2888.
dc.identifier.issn1680-7316
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2465181
dc.description.abstractRadiative forcing (RF) of black carbon (BC) in the atmosphere is estimated using radiative transfer codes of various complexities. Here we show that the two-stream radiative transfer codes used most in climate models give too strong forward scattering, leading to enhanced absorption at the surface and too weak absorption by BC in the atmosphere. Such calculations are found to underestimate the positive RF of BC by 10% for global mean, all sky conditions, relative to the more sophisticated multi-stream models. The underestimation occurs primarily for low surface albedo, even though BC is more efficient for absorption of solar radiation over high surface albedo.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleStandard climate models radiation codes underestimate black carbon radiative forcing
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.source.pagenumber2883-2888
dc.source.volume15
dc.source.journalAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics
dc.source.issue5
dc.identifier.doi10.5194/acp-15-2883-2015
dc.identifier.cristin1249173
dc.relation.projectNotur/NorStore: NN9188K
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 208277
cristin.unitcode7475,0,0,0
cristin.unitnameCICERO Senter for klimaforskning
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