New Aerosol Modeling Approach Takes Cues from Lab Experiments
A dynamic empirical framework for secondary organic aerosols could help bridge a significant gap between measurements and model predictions.
Characterizing Aerosol Effects on Modeled Cloud Lifetimes Using a Novel Framework
Applying a novel framework to a climate model reveals new characteristics about how elevated concentrations of aerosols affect clouds.
Urban Land and Aerosols Amplify Hazardous Weather, Steer Storms Toward Cities
Urban landscapes and anthropogenic aerosols have the potential to make gusts stronger, hail larger and even steer storms toward cities.
Asian Aerosols’ Impact on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Published in Nature Communications, Increased Asian Aerosols Drive a Slowdown of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, identifies the role aerosols over Asia is having on the AMOC, a complex system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean.
Long-Term Aerosol Trends in the Continental United States
During 1980–2014, aerosols arriving from East Asia offset radiative flux increases in the western United States induced by domestic air pollution reductions.
New Model Improves Simulations of Wildfire Aerosols and Their Radiative Effects
In this study, researchers used fire intensity data from satellites to map the distribution of aerosols into the atmosphere during a fire.
Understanding the Impacts of Dust and Sea Salt Mixing States on Nitrate Aerosol
How a model treats gas transfer behavior onto dust and sea salt particles significantly influences nitrate aerosols and their effects on climate.