Simulation of climate response to aerosol direct and indirect effects with aerosol transport‐radiation model
Kyushu University · National Institute for Environmental Studies · +2 more institutions
Abstract
With a global aerosol transport‐radiation model coupled to a general circulation model, changes in the meteorological parameters of clouds, precipitation, and temperature caused by the direct and indirect effects of aerosols are simulated, and its radiative forcing are calculated. A microphysical parameterization diagnosing the cloud droplet number concentration based on the Köhler theory is introduced into the model, which depends not only on the aerosol particle number concentration but also on the updraft velocity, size distributions, and chemical properties of each aerosol species and saturation condition of the water vapor. The simulated cloud droplet effective radius, cloud radiative forcing, and…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 24.50
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 42
Authors
5- TTToshihiko TakemuraCorresponding
Kyushu University
- TNToru Nozawa
National Institute for Environmental Studies
- SESeita Emori
National Institute for Environmental Studies
- TYTakashi Y. Nakajima
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, The University of Tokyo
- TNTeruyuki Nakajima
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, The University of Tokyo
Topics & keywords
- Aerosol
- Atmospheric sciences
- Radiative forcing
- Environmental science
- Precipitation
- Effective radius
- Water vapor
- Radiative transfer