TY - CHAP
T1 - Aerosol Radiative Effects Over Europe from the FORTH Radiation Transfer Model with AtmOptC Aerosol Optical Properties
AU - Korras-Carraca, M. B.
AU - Charalampidis, P. E.
AU - Matsoukas, C.
AU - Pilinis, C.
AU - Fountoukis, C.
AU - Pandis, S. N.
AU - Hatzianastassiou, N.
AU - Vardavas, I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The aerosol direct radiative effect (DRE) over Europe is computed using the deterministic spectral radiative transfer model FORTH and aerosol data from the Chemical Transport Model PMCAMx. Chemically and size resolved aerosol concentration predictions by PMCAMx, are forwarded to the Mie scattering code AtmOptC, in order to calculate the key aerosol optical properties required for the derivation of the DRE (scattering and absorption coefficients, single scattering albedo and asymmetry parameter). The estimation of the DRE (at the Earth’s surface, inside the atmospheric column and at the top of the atmosphere—TOA) is performed on a high spatial and temporal resolution (36 km × 36 km, hourly) during June and July of 2012, over the European region. The aerosol direct radiative effect exhibits significant hourly and daily variability associated with wildfires and synoptic conditions. Maximum DRE values are predicted over urban/industrial centers and biomass-burning areas with expectedly large optical depths. The two-month DRE average shows a cooling effect at the TOA and surface (local values down to −15 and −35 W/m2, respectively) and a warming effect in the atmospheric column (columnar value up to 25 W/m2, locally).
AB - The aerosol direct radiative effect (DRE) over Europe is computed using the deterministic spectral radiative transfer model FORTH and aerosol data from the Chemical Transport Model PMCAMx. Chemically and size resolved aerosol concentration predictions by PMCAMx, are forwarded to the Mie scattering code AtmOptC, in order to calculate the key aerosol optical properties required for the derivation of the DRE (scattering and absorption coefficients, single scattering albedo and asymmetry parameter). The estimation of the DRE (at the Earth’s surface, inside the atmospheric column and at the top of the atmosphere—TOA) is performed on a high spatial and temporal resolution (36 km × 36 km, hourly) during June and July of 2012, over the European region. The aerosol direct radiative effect exhibits significant hourly and daily variability associated with wildfires and synoptic conditions. Maximum DRE values are predicted over urban/industrial centers and biomass-burning areas with expectedly large optical depths. The two-month DRE average shows a cooling effect at the TOA and surface (local values down to −15 and −35 W/m2, respectively) and a warming effect in the atmospheric column (columnar value up to 25 W/m2, locally).
KW - Aerosol Optical Depth
KW - Chemical Transport Model
KW - Ozone Monitoring Instrument
KW - Radiative Transfer Model
KW - Single Scattering Albedo
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105036554117
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-35095-0_128
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-35095-0_128
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105036554117
T3 - Springer Atmospheric Sciences
SP - 899
EP - 904
BT - Springer Atmospheric Sciences
PB - Springer Verlag
ER -