Search Results - "Highwood, E. J."

Radiative forcing of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide: A significant revision of the methane radiative forcing by Etminan, M., Myhre, G., Highwood, E. J., Shine, K. P.

“…New calculations of the radiative forcing (RF) are presented for the three main well‐mixed greenhouse gases, methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide…”
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Impacts of 20th century aerosol emissions on the South Asian monsoon in the CMIP5 models by Guo, L, Turner, A. G, Highwood, E. J

“…Comparison of single-forcing varieties of 20th century historical experiments in a subset of models from the Fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project…”
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Optical properties of Saharan dust aerosol and contribution from the coarse mode as measured during the Fennec 2011 aircraft campaign by Ryder, C. L, Highwood, E. J, Rosenberg, P. D, Trembath, J, Brooke, J. K, Bart, M, Dean, A, Crosier, J, Dorsey, J, Brindley, H, Banks, J, Marsham, J. H, McQuaid, J. B, Sodemann, H, Washington, R

“…New in-situ aircraft measurements of Saharan dust originating from Mali, Mauritania and Algeria taken during the Fennec 2011 aircraft campaign over a remote…”
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The influence of anthropogenic aerosol on multi-decadal variations of historical global climate by Wilcox, L J, Highwood, E J, Dunstone, N J

“…Analysis of single forcing runs from CMIP5 (the fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project) simulations shows that the mid-twentieth century temperature…”
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The effect of regional changes in anthropogenic aerosols on rainfall of the East Asian Summer Monsoon by Guo, L, Highwood, E. J, Shaffrey, L. C, Turner, A. G

“…The response of East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) precipitation to long term changes in regional anthropogenic aerosols (sulphate and black carbon) is explored…”
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Impact of atmospheric transport on the evolution of microphysical and optical properties of Saharan dust by Ryder, C. L., Highwood, E. J., Lai, T. M., Sodemann, H., Marsham, J. H.

“…Saharan dust affects the climate by altering the radiation balance and by depositing minerals to the Atlantic Ocean. Both are dependent on particle size. We…”
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Quantifying sources of inter-model diversity in the cloud albedo effect by Wilcox, L. J., Highwood, E. J., Booth, B. B. B., Carslaw, K. S.

“…There is a large diversity in simulated aerosol forcing among models that participated in the fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, particularly related…”
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Stratospheric heating by potential geoengineering aerosols by Ferraro, A. J., Highwood, E. J., Charlton-Perez, A. J.

“…A fixed dynamical heating model is used to investigate the pattern of zonal‐mean stratospheric temperature change resulting from geoengineering with aerosols…”
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Black carbon measurements in the boundary layer over western and northern Europe by McMeeking, G. R., Hamburger, T., Liu, D., Flynn, M., Morgan, W. T., Northway, M., Highwood, E. J., Krejci, R., Allan, J. D., Minikin, A., Coe, H.

“…Europe is a densely populated region that is a significant global source of black carbon (BC) aerosol, but there is a lack of information regarding the…”
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Aerosol contribution to the rapid warming of near-term climate under RCP 2.6 by Chalmers, N., Highwood, E. J., Hawkins, E., Sutton, R., Wilcox, L. J.

“…The importance of aerosol emissions for near term climate projections is investigated by analysing simulations with the HadGEM2‐ES model under two different…”
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Airborne measurements of the spatial distribution of aerosol chemical composition across Europe and evolution of the organic fraction by Morgan, W. T., Allan, J. D., Bower, K. N., Highwood, E. J., Liu, D., McMeeking, G. R., Northway, M. J., Williams, P. I., Krejci, R., Coe, H.

“…The spatial distribution of aerosol chemical composition and the evolution of the Organic Aerosol (OA) fraction is investigated based upon airborne…”
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Using aircraft measurements to determine the refractive index of Saharan dust during the DODO Experiments by McConnell, C. L., Formenti, P., Highwood, E. J., Harrison, M. A. J.

“…Much uncertainty in the value of the imaginary part of the refractive index of mineral dust contributes to uncertainty in the radiative effect of mineral dust…”
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Black carbon aerosol mixing state, organic aerosols and aerosol optical properties over the United Kingdom by McMeeking, G. R., Morgan, W. T., Flynn, M., Highwood, E. J., Turnbull, K., Haywood, J., Coe, H.

“…Black carbon (BC) aerosols absorb sunlight thereby leading to a positive radiative forcing and a warming of climate and can also impact human health through…”
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Seasonal variations of the physical and optical characteristics of Saharan dust: Results from the Dust Outflow and Deposition to the Ocean (DODO) experiment by McConnell, C. L., Highwood, E. J., Coe, H., Formenti, P., Anderson, B., Osborne, S., Nava, S., Desboeufs, K., Chen, G., Harrison, M. A. J.

“…North African dust is important for climate through its direct radiative effect on solar and terrestrial radiation and its role in the biogeochemical system…”
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Climate response to tropospheric absorbing aerosols in an intermediate general‐circulation model by Cook, J., Highwood, E. J.

“…This study uses idealized aerosol distributions with the Reading Intermediate General‐Circulation Model (IGCM) to assess and explain the climate response in…”
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Direct radiative effect of aerosols emitted by transport: from road, shipping and aviation by Balkanski, Y., Myhre, G., Gauss, M., Rädel, G., Highwood, E. J., Shine, K. P.

“…Aerosols and their precursors are emitted abundantly by transport activities. Transportation constitutes one of the fastest growing activities and its growth…”
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Quantification of chemical and physical processes influencing ozone during long-range transport using a trajectory ensemble by Cain, M, Methven, J, Highwood, E. J

“…During long-range transport, many distinct processes – including photochemistry, deposition, emissions and mixing – contribute to the transformation of air…”
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Enhancement of the aerosol direct radiative effect by semi-volatile aerosol components: airborne measurements in North-Western Europe by Morgan, W. T., Allan, J. D., Bower, K. N., Esselborn, M., Harris, B., Henzing, J. S., Highwood, E. J., Kiendler-Scharr, A., McMeeking, G. R., Mensah, A. A., Northway, M. J., Osborne, S., Williams, P. I., Krejci, R., Coe, H.

“…A case study of atmospheric aerosol measurements exploring the impact of the vertical distribution of aerosol chemical composition upon the radiative budget in…”
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Measurement and modeling of the Saharan dust radiative impact: Overview of the Saharan Dust Experiment (SHADE) by Tanré, D., Haywood, J., Pelon, J., Léon, J. F., Chatenet, B., Formenti, P., Francis, P., Goloub, P., Highwood, E. J., Myhre, G.

“…Aerosols are known to be important in determining Earth's radiative balance. Dust aerosols are of particular interest since, in addition to their scattering…”
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A simple relationship between volcanic sulfate aerosol optical depth and surface temperature change simulated in an atmosphere-ocean general circulation model by Harris, B. M., Highwood, E. J.

“…In this study we quantify the relationship between the aerosol optical depth increase from a volcanic eruption and the severity of the subsequent surface…”
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