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Ellsworth G. Dutton
Researcher at Earth System Research Laboratory
Publications - 70
Citations - 6173
Ellsworth G. Dutton is an academic researcher from Earth System Research Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aerosol & Solar irradiance. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 68 publications receiving 5818 citations. Previous affiliations of Ellsworth G. Dutton include Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory.
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Baseline surface radiation network (BSRN/WCRP) New precision radiometry for climate research
Atsumu Ohmura,Ellsworth G. Dutton,Bruce W. Forgan,Claus Fröhlich,Hans Gilgen,Herman Hegner,Alain Heimo,Gert König-Langlo,Bruce McArthur,Guido Müller,Rolf Philipona,Rachel T. Pinker,Charlie H. Whitlock,Klaus Dehne,Martin Wild +14 more
TL;DR: The Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) as mentioned in this paper is a new radiometric network, which is designed to provide validation material for satellite radiometry and climate models, and further aims at detecting long-term variations in irradiances at the earth's surface.
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On Rayleigh Optical Depth Calculations
TL;DR: In this article, the first principles of Rayleigh scattering theory are used to calculate Rayleigh optical depth in the atmosphere, rather than the variety of curve-fitting techniques currently in use.
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The Persistently Variable “Background” Stratospheric Aerosol Layer and Global Climate Change
Stanley C. Solomon,Stanley C. Solomon,John S. Daniel,Ryan R. Neely,Jean-Paul Vernier,Jean-Paul Vernier,Ellsworth G. Dutton,Larry W. Thomason +7 more
TL;DR: An increase in the amount of aerosols in the stratosphere during the past decade has decreased the rate of global warming, and climate model projections neglecting these changes would continue to overestimate the radiative forcing and global warming in coming decades.
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Absorption of solar radiation by clouds: observations versus models.
Robert D. Cess,Minghua Zhang,Patrick Minnis,Lisa Corsetti,Ellsworth G. Dutton,Bruce W. Forgan,Donald P. Garber,W. L. Gates,James J. Hack,Edwin F. Harrison,X. Jing,J. T. Kiehi,Charles N. Long,Jean-Jacques Morcrette,Gerald L. Potter,Veerabhadran Ramanathan,B. Subasilar,C. H. Whitlock,D. F. Young,Y. Zhou +19 more
TL;DR: Collocated satellite and surface measurements of solar radiation at five geographically diverse locations showed significant solar absorption by clouds, resulting in about 25 watts per square meter more global-mean absorption by the cloudy atmosphere than predicted by theoretical models.
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Solar radiative forcing at selected locations and evidence for global lower tropospheric cooling following the eruptions of El Chichón and Pinatubo
TL;DR: As a result of the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo (June 1991), direct solar radiation was observed to decrease by as much as 25-30% at four remote locations widely distributed in latitude as discussed by the authors.