Ozone–climate interactions and effects on solar ultraviolet radiation

AF Bais, G Bernhard, RL McKenzie… - Photochemical & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This report assesses the effects of stratospheric ozone depletion and anticipated ozone
recovery on the intensity of ultraviolet (UV) radiation at the Earth's surface. Interactions …

Spatiotemporal variability and contribution of different aerosol types to the aerosol optical depth over the Eastern Mediterranean

AK Georgoulias, G Alexandri… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
This study characterizes the spatiotemporal variability and relative contribution of different
types of aerosols to the aerosol optical depth (AOD) over the Eastern Mediterranean as …

Long‐term investigation of aerosol optical and radiative characteristics in a typical megacity of Central China during winter haze periods

Y Ma, M Zhang, S Jin, W Gong, N Chen… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Decadal aerosol characteristics and related radiative effects (ARE) and efficiencies (AREE)
at ultraviolet (UV), visible (VIS), near‐infrared (NIR), and shortwave wavelengths were …

Quantifying the respective roles of aerosols and clouds in the strong brightening since the early 2000s over the Iberian Peninsula

D Mateos, A Sanchez‐Lorenzo, M Antón… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The contribution of clouds and aerosols to the decadal variations of downward surface
shortwave radiation (SSR) is a current controversial topic. This study proposes a method …

Aerosol optical properties and radiative effects: Assessment of urban aerosols in central China using 10-year observations

M Zhang, Y Ma, W Gong, B Liu, Y Shi, ZY Chen - Atmospheric Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Poor air quality episodes are common in central China. Here, based on 10 years of ground-
based sun-photometric observations, aerosol optical and radiative forcing characteristics …

Haze events at different levels in winters: A comprehensive study of meteorological factors, Aerosol characteristics and direct radiative forcing in megacities of north …

M Zhang, S Jin, Y Ma, R Fan, L Wang, W Gong… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
The changes in aerosol optical and microphysical properties, and sub-band shortwave
direct radiative forcing (DARF) in Beijing and Wuhan were compared at different haze levels …

Impact of long-range transport over the Atlantic Ocean on Saharan dust optical and microphysical properties based on AERONET data

C Velasco-Merino, D Mateos… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Arid regions are a major source of mineral dust aerosol. Transport from these sources can
have a great impact on aerosol climatology in distant regions. In order to assess the impact …

Comparation of aerosol optical properties and associated radiative effects of air pollution events between summer and winter: A case study in January and July 2014 …

S Jin, Y Ma, M Zhang, W Gong, L Lei, X Ma - Atmospheric Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Differences in aerosol optical properties and associated radiative effects at ultraviolet (UV),
visible (VIS), near-infrared (NIR), and shortwave (SW) spectra during haze periods between …

Aerosol radiative effect in UV, VIS, NIR, and SW spectra under haze and high-humidity urban conditions

M Zhang, Y Ma, W Gong, L Wang, X Xia, H Che… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aerosol properties derived from sun-photometric observations at Wuhan during a haze
period were analyzed and used as input in a radiative transfer model to calculate the …

Temporal characteristics of columnar aerosol optical properties and radiative forcing (2011–2015) measured at AERONET's Pretoria_CSIR_DPSS site in South Africa

KR Kumar, N Kang, V Sivakumar, D Griffith - Atmospheric Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Ground-based observations of the spectral aerosol optical depths (AODs) revealed that the
northwest of South Africa (SA) possessed large aerosol loading and still remained …