Table 2 Rapid atmospheric responses to changes in BC.

From: How shorter black carbon lifetime alters its climate effect

 

RF TOA (W m−2)

Cloud cover change (%)

Δ P(%)

Experiment

Direct

Semi-direct

Net

High

Middle

Low

 

STANDARD

0.343

−0.251

0.092

−0.46

−0.28

0.39

−0.42

NOBCabv200hPa

0.261

−0.155

0.106

−0.18

−0.30

0.39

−0.37

NOBCabv500hPa

0.165

−0.061

0.105

0.0065

−0.31

0.28

−0.27

PERTBC_A

0.434

−0.314

0.120

−0.30

−0.44

0.72

−0.52

PERTBC

0.336

−0.223

0.112

−0.14

−0.41

0.61

−0.42

  1. BC, black carbon; RF, radiative forcing; TOA, top-of-atmosphere.
  2. Results in terms of RF, cloud cover change, and precipitation response (ΔP). Results are given as differences to a simulation without black carbon (NOBC). Note that RF values differ slightly from those shown in Fig. 2 where the RF has been decomposed into contributions from FF+BF and BB.
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