Andrew A. Lacis

TL;DR: In their Perspective, Hansen et al. as mentioned in this paper discuss a correction to the satellite data published by Wentz and Schabel in Nature that may have profound implications for discussions of climate change, and conclude that the question now is not whether global warming exists, but what should be done about it.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce Maximum Covariance Analysis (MCA), also known as Singular Value Decomposition analysis, as an effective way to compare correlated aerosol spatial and temporal patterns between satellite measurements and AERONET data.

TL;DR: In this article, Schmidt et al. evaluate the aerosol climatology used in the GISS ModelE by characterizing and comparing the geographic distribution and seasonal variability of aerosol optical depth (AOD) and particle size via Angstrom exponent (A) against available satellite and ground-based measurements, i.e., MODIS, MISR, POLDER, AVHRR and AERONET data.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a modified coupled atmosphere-ocean model, whose stability was improved so that the model would accommodate large radiative forcings yet be fast enough to reach rapid equilibrium.

TL;DR: In this paper, the response of the climate system to a temporally and spatially constant amount of volcanic particles is simulated using a general circulation model (GCM) and the optical depth of the aerosols is chosen so as to produce approximately the same amount of forcing as results from doubling the present CO2 content of the atmosphere and from the boundary conditions associated with the peak of the last ice age.