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Publications

The GASSP dataset

GASSP data is described in detail in the following paper:

Reddington C, Carslaw KS, Stier P, Schutgens N, Coe H, Liu D, Allan J, Browse J, Pringle K, Lee LA, Yoshioka M, Johnson JS, Regayre LA, Spracklen DV, Mann GW, Clarke A, Hermann M, Henning S, Wex H, Kristensen TB, Leaitch WR, Poeschl U, Rose D, Andreae MO, Schmale J, Kondo Y, Oshima N, Schwarz JP, Nenes A, Anderson B, Roberts GC, Snider JR, Leck C, Quinn PK, Chi X, Ding A, Jimenez JL, Zhang Q. 2017. The global aerosol synthesis and science project (GASSP): Measurements and modelling to reduce uncertainty. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 98(9), pp. 1857-1877

Papers on aerosol model sensitivity and uncertainty analysis

Lee LA., Reddington CL, Carslaw KS (2016) On the relationship between aerosol model uncertainty and radiative forcing uncertainty, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1507050113.

Schutgens NAJ, Partridge DG, Stier P (2016) The importance of temporal collocation for the evaluation of aerosol models with observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1065-1079, doi:10.5194/acp-16-1065-2016.

Wilcox LJ, Highwood EJ, Booth BBB, Carslaw KS (2015) Quantifying sources of inter-model diversity in the cloud albedo effect, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, pp.1568-1575. doi: 10.1002/2015GL063301

Regayre LA, Pringle KJ, Lee LA, Rap A, Browse J, Mann GW, Reddington CL, Carslaw KS, Booth BBB, Woodhouse MT (2015) The Climatic Importance of Uncertainties in Regional Aerosol-Cloud Radiative Forcings over Recent Decades, Journal of Climate, 28, pp.6589-6607. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0127.1

Regayre LA, Pringle KJ, Booth BBB, Lee LA, Mann GW, Browse J, Woodhouse MT, Rap A, Reddington CL, Carslaw KS (2014) Uncertainty in the magnitude of aerosol-cloud radiative forcing over recent decades, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, pp.9040-9049. doi: 10.1002/2014GL062029

Hamilton DS, Lee LA, Pringle KJ, Reddington CL, Spracklen DV, Carslaw KS (2014) Occurrence of pristine aerosol environments on a polluted planet, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111, pp.18466-18471. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1415440111

Carslaw KS, Lee LA, Reddington CL, Pringle KJ, Rap A, Forster PM, Mann GW, Spracklen DV, Woodhouse MT, Regayre LA, Pierce JR (2013) Large contribution of natural aerosols to uncertainty in indirect forcing, NATURE, 503, pp.67-+. doi: 10.1038/nature12674

Carslaw KS, Lee LA, Reddington CL, Mann GW, Pringle KJ (2013) The magnitude and sources of uncertainty in global aerosol, Faraday Discussions, 165, pp.495-512. doi: 10.1039/c3fd00043e

Lee LA, Pringle KJ, Reddington CL, Mann GW, Stier P, Spracklen DV, Pierce JR, Carslaw KS (2013) The magnitude and causes of uncertainty in global model simulations of cloud condensation nuclei, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, pp.8879-8914. doi: 10.5194/acp-13-8879-2013

Lee LA; Carslaw KS; Pringle KJ; Mann GW (2012) Mapping the uncertainty in global CCN using emulation, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, pp.9739-9751. doi: 10.5194/acp-12-9739-2012.

Lee LA; Carslaw KS; Pringle KJ; Mann GW; Spracklen DV (2011) Emulation of a complex global aerosol model to quantify sensitivity to uncertain parameters, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 11, pp.12253-12273. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-12253-2011

Zhang, K., D. O’Donnell, J. Kazil, P. Stier, S. Kinne, U. Lohmann, S. Ferrachat, B. Croft, J. Quaas, H. Wan, S. Rast, and J. Feichter (2012), The global aerosol-climate model ECHAM-HAM, version 2: sensitivity to improvements in process representations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12(19), 8911-8949 Doi 10.5194/Acp-12-8911-2012.

Spracklen DV; Pringle KJ; Carslaw KS; Chipperfield MP; Mann GW (2005) A global off-line model of size-resolved aerosol microphysics: II. Identification of key uncertainties, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 5, pp.3233-3250.

Papers on the analysis of aerosol measurements using global models

Reddington CL, McMeeking G, Mann GW, Coe H, Frontoso MG, Liu D, Flynn M, Spracklen DV, Carslaw KS (2013) The mass and number size distributions of black carbon aerosol over Europe, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 13, pp.4917-4939. doi: 10.5194/acp-13-4917-2013

Kipling, Z., P. Stier, J. P. Schwarz, D. W. Fahey, J. R. Spackman, G. W. Mann., C. E. Johnson, and P. J. Telford (2012), Constraints from vertically-resolved aircraft observations on aerosol processes in climate models, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 13, 437-473 10.5194/acpd-13-437-2013.

Browse J; Carslaw KS; Arnold SR; Pringle K; Boucher O (2012) The scavenging processes controlling the seasonal cycle in Arctic sulphate and black carbon aerosol, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 12, pp.6775-6798. doi: 10.5194/acp-12-6775-2012

Mann GW; Carslaw KS; Spracklen DV; Pringle KJ; Lee LA; Manktelow PT; Woodhouse MT; Schmidt A; Emmerson KM; Reddington CL; Chipperfield MP; Pickering SJ; Ridley DA; Merikanto J; Korhonen H; Schwarz JP; Breider TJ (2012) Intercomparison of modal and sectional aerosol microphysics representations within the same 3-D global chemical transport model, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, pp.4449-4476. doi: 10.5194/acp-12-4449-2012

Weigum, N. M., P. Stier, J. P. Schwarz, D. W. Fahey, and J. R. Spackman (2012), Scales of variability of black carbon plumes over the Pacific Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 39 Artn L15804, Doi 10.1029/2012gl052127.

Koffi, B., M. Schulz, F. M. Breon, J. Griesfeller, D. Winker, Y. Balkanski, S. Bauer, T. Berntsen, M. A. Chin, W. D. Collins, F. Dentener, T. Diehl, R. Easter, S. Ghan, P. Ginoux, S. L. Gong, L. W. Horowitz, T. Iversen, A. Kirkevag, D. Koch, M. Krol, G. Myhre, P. Stier, and T. Takemura (2012), Application of the CALIOP layer product to evaluate the vertical distribution of aerosols estimated by global models: AeroCom phase I results, J. Geophys. Res., 117 Artn D10201, Doi 10.1029/2011jd016858.

Spracklen DV; Jimenez JL; Carslaw KS; Worsnop DR; Evans MJ; Mann GW; Zhang Q; Canagaratna MR; Allan J; Coe H; McFiggans G; Rap A; Forster P (2011) Aerosol mass spectrometer constraint on the global secondary organic aerosol budget, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 11, pp.12109-12136. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-12109-2011

Reddington CL; Carslaw KS; Spracklen DV; Frontoso MG; Collins L; Merikanto J; Minikin A; Hamburger T; Coe H; Kulmala M; Aalto P; Flentje H; Plass-Duelmer C; Birmili W; Wiedensohler A; Wehner B; Tuch T; Sonntag A; O’Dowd CD; Jennings SG; Dupuy R; Baltensperger U; Weingartner E; Hansson H-C; Tunved P; Laj P; Sellegri K; Boulon J; Putaud J-P; Gruening C; Swietlicki E; Roldin P; Henzing JS; Moerman M; Mihalopoulos N; Kouvarakis G; Zdimal V; Zikova N; Marinoni A; Bonasoni P; Duchi R (2011) Primary versus secondary contributions to particle number concentrations in the European boundary layer, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 11, pp.12007-12036. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-12007-2011

Spracklen D; Carslaw K; Pöschl U; Rap A; Forster PM (2011) Global cloud condensation nuclei influenced by carbonaceous combustion aerosol, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, pp.9067-9087. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-9067-2011

Huneeus, N., M. Schulz, Y. Balkanski, J. Griesfeller, J. Prospero, S. Kinne, S. Bauer, O. Boucher, M. Chin, F. Dentener, T. Diehl, R. Easter, D. Fillmore, S. Ghan, P. Ginoux, A. Grini, L. Horowitz, D. Koch, M. C. Krol, W. Landing, X. Liu, N. Mahowald, R. Miller, J.-J. Morcrette, G. Myhre, J. Penner, J. Perlwitz, P. Stier, T. Takemura, and C. S. Zender (2011), Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11(15), 7781-7816 10.5194/acp-11-7781-2011.

Manktelow PT; Carslaw KS; Mann GW; Spracklen DV (2010) The impact of dust on sulfate aerosol, CN and CCN during an East Asian dust storm, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, pp.365-382.

Spracklen DV; Carslaw KS; Merikanto J; Mann GW; Reddington CL; Pickering S; Ogren JA; Andrews E; Baltensperger U; Weingartner E; Boy M; Kulmala M; Laakso L; Lihavainen H; Kivekas N; Komppula M; Mihalopoulos N; Kouvarakis G; Jennings SG; O’Dowd C; Birmili W; Wiedensohler A; Weller R; Gras J; Laj P; Sellegri K; Bonn B; Krejci R; Laaksonen A; Hamed A; Minikin A; Harrison RM; Talbot R; Sun J (2010) Explaining global surface aerosol number concentrations in terms of primary emissions and particle formation, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 10, pp.4775-4793. doi: 10.5194/acp-10-4775-2010

Schwarz, J. P., J. R. Spackman, R. S. Gao, L. A. Watts, P. Stier, M. Schulz, S. M. Davis, S. C. Wofsy, and D. W. Fahey (2010), Global-scale black carbon profiles observed in the remote atmosphere and compared to models (vol 37, art L18812 , 2010), Geophysical Research Letters, 37 Artn L23804, Doi 10.1029/2010gl046007.

Stier, P., J. H. Seinfeld, S. Kinne, and O. Boucher (2007), Aerosol absorption and radiative forcing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7(19), 5237-5261. Vignati, E., M. Karl, M. Krol, J. Wilson, P. Stier, and F. Cavalli (2010), Sources of uncertainties in modelling black carbon at the global scale, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10(6), 2595-2611.

Koch, D., M. Schulz, S. Kinne, C. McNaughton, J. R. Spackman, Y. Balkanski, S. Bauer, T. Berntsen, T. C. Bond, O. Boucher, M. Chin, A. Clarke, N. De Luca, F. Dentener, T. Diehl, O. Dubovik, R. Easter, D. W. Fahey, J. Feichter, D. Fillmore, S. Freitag, S. Ghan, P. Ginoux, S. Gong, L. Horowitz, T. Iversen, A. Kirkevag, Z. Klimont, Y. Kondo, M. Krol, X. Liu, R. Miller, V. Montanaro, N. Moteki, G. Myhre, J. E. Penner, J. Perlwitz, G. Pitari, S. Reddy, L. Sahu, H. Sakamoto, G. Schuster, J. P. Schwarz, O. Seland, P. Stier, N. Takegawa, T. Takemura, C. Textor, J. A. van Aardenne, and Y. Zhao (2009), Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9(22), 9001-9026.

Korhonen H; Carslaw KS; Spracklen DV; Riley DA; Ström J (2008) A global model study of processes controlling aerosol size distributions in the Arctic spring and summer, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 113, . doi: 10.1029/2007JD009114

Korhonen H; Carslaw KS; Spracklen DV; Mann GW; Woodhouse MT (2008) Influence of oceanic dimethyl sulfide emissions on cloud condensation nuclei concentrations and seasonality over the remote Southern Hemisphere oceans: A global model study, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 113, . doi: 10.1029/2007JD009718

Schwarz, J. P., J. R. Spackman, D. W. Fahey, R. S. Gao, U. Lohmann, P. Stier, L. A. Watts, D. S. Thomson, D. A. Lack, L. Pfister, M. J. Mahoney, D. Baumgardner, J. C. Wilson, and J. M. Reeves (2008), Coatings and their enhancement of black carbon light absorption in the tropical atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113 D03203, doi:10.1029/2007JD009042.