@article{iiasa13944, volume = {17}, month = {February}, title = {Multi-model simulations of aerosol and ozone radiative forcing for the period 1990-2015}, publisher = {European Geosciences Union}, journal = {Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions}, doi = {10.5194/acp-2016-594}, pages = {2709--2720}, year = {2017}, url = {https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13944/}, issn = {1680-7375}, abstract = {Over the past decades, the geographical distribution of emissions of substances that alter the atmospheric energy balance has changed due to economic growth and pollution regulations. Here, we show the resulting changes to aerosol and ozone abundances and their radiative forcing, using recently updated emission data for the period 1990-2015, as simulated by seven global atmospheric composition models. The models broadly reproduce the large-scale changes in surface aerosol and ozone based on observations (e.g., ?1 to ?3 \%/yr in aerosols over US and Europe). The global mean radiative forcing due to ozone and aerosols changes over the 1990-2015 period increased by about +0.2 W m?2, with approximately 1/3 due to ozone. This increase is stronger positive than reported in IPCC AR5. The main reason for the increased positive radiative forcing of aerosols over this period is the substantial reduction of global mean SO2 emissions which is stronger in the new emission inventory compared to the IPCC, and higher black carbon emissions.}, author = {Myhre, Gunnar and Aas, Wenche and Cherian, Ribu and Collins, William and Faluvegi, Greg and Flanner, Mark and Forster, Piers and Hodnebrog, {\O}ivind and Klimont, Zbigniew and M{\"u}lmenst{\"a}dt, Johannes and Myhre, Cathrine Lund and Olivi{\'e}, Dirk and Prather, Michael and Quaas, Johannes and Samset, Bj{\o}rn H. and Schnell, Jordan L. and Schulz, Michael and Shindell, Drew and Skeie, Ragnhild B. and Takemura, Toshikiko and Tsyro, Svetlana} }