Table 1 Global mean values for radiative forcing from aerosol-radiation interactions (RFari) and effective radiative forcing from aerosol-radiation and aerosol-cloud interactions with rapid adjustments (ERFaer) at the top of the atmosphere, as net flux perturbations in the solar and terrestrial spectra, calculated with the Ghan96 method for the various experiments with different prescribed κ parameterizations to assess the corresponding sensitivity of ECHAM–HAM
From: Global organic and inorganic aerosol hygroscopicity and its effect on radiative forcing
Model experiment | κinorg | κorg | RFari [W m−2] | ERFaer [W m−2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Reference case | 0.60 | 0.06 | − 0.109 ± 0.004 | − 1.757 ± 0.018 |
κOC = κorg | 0.60 | 0.12 | − 0.110 ± 0.004 | − 1.748 ± 0.019 |
κSU = κinorg | 0.63 | 0.06 | − 0.118 ± 0.004 | − 1.771 ± 0.020 |
κOC = κorg & κSU = κinorg | 0.63 | 0.12 | − 0.120 ± 0.004 | − 1.773 ± 0.019 |
