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.
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.
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.
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.
Scratching the Surface of Aerosols with Uncrewed Aerial Systems
A set of papers combines surface science measurements on tiny particles with uncrewed aerial systems to better understand and model aerosols.