Aerosol Radiative Forcing: AERONET-Based Estimates

Solar radiation is the main source of energy for the Earth-atmosphere system, and directly or indirectly, is responsible for all phenomena affecting the meteorology and climatology of this system. The variation of any component of this system affects the radiative equilibrium, resulting in, for example, changes in the temperature of the system and/or in the configuration of the atmospheric circulation. In order to quantify these effects the concept of radiative forcing was introduced in the literature to show the magnitude of radiation variation due to changes in a specific atmospheric component, for instance, clouds, gases or atmospheric aerosols.

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