Anthropogenic aerosols are intricately linked to the climate system and to the hydrologic
cycle. The net effect of aerosols is to cool the climate system by reflecting sunlight …

Because of its wide coverage over much of the globe, biomass burning has been widely
studied in the context of direct radiative forcing. Such study is warranted as smoke particles …

The Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Version 3 (V3) aerosol retrieval algorithm is
described, which is based on the Version 2 (V2) algorithm with numerous updates …

Aerosols from biomass burning (BB) emissions are poorly constrained in global and
regional models, resulting in a high level of uncertainty in understanding their impacts. In …

Aerosol radiative forcing is a critical, though variable and uncertain, component of the global
climate. Yet climate models rely on sparse information of the aerosol optical properties. In …

The optical properties of the light-absorbing, carbonaceous substance often called
“soot,”“black carbon,” or “carbon black" have been the subject of some debate. These …

Long‐term measurements by the AERONET program of spectral aerosol optical depth,
precipitable water, and derived Angstrom exponent were analyzed and compiled into an …

Power laws have long been used to describe the spectral dependence of aerosol extinction,
and the wavelength exponent of the aerosol extinction law is commonly referred to as the …

Aerosol emissions from biomass burning are of specific interest over the globe due to their
strong radiative impacts and climate implications. The present study examines the impact of …

Aerosol mixtures composed of coarse mode desert dust combined with fine mode
combustion generated aerosols (from fossil fuel and biomass burning sources) were …