Solar irradiance, air pollution and temperature changes in the Arctic
A highly significant decrease in the annual sums of global irradiance reaching the surface of the Arctic, averaging 0.36 W m -2 per year, was derived from an analysis of 389 complete years of measurement, beginning in 1950, at 22 pyranometer stations within the Arctic Circle. The smaller data base o...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsta.1995.0068 2024-06-02T07:58:32+00:00 Solar irradiance, air pollution and temperature changes in the Arctic 1995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1995.0068 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.1995.0068 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Physical and Engineering Sciences volume 352, issue 1699, page 247-258 ISSN 0962-8428 2054-0299 journal-article 1995 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1995.0068 2024-05-07T14:16:16Z A highly significant decrease in the annual sums of global irradiance reaching the surface of the Arctic, averaging 0.36 W m -2 per year, was derived from an analysis of 389 complete years of measurement, beginning in 1950, at 22 pyranometer stations within the Arctic Circle. The smaller data base of radiation balance measurements available showed a much smaller and statistically non-significant change. Reductions in global irradiance were most frequent in the early spring months and in the western sectors of the Arctic, coinciding with the seasonal and spatial distribution of the incursions of polluted air which give rise to the Arctic Haze. Irradiance measured in Antarctica during the same period showed a similar and more widespread decline despite the lower concentrations of pollutants. A marked increase in the surface radiation balance was recorded. Possible reasons for these interpolar anomalies and their consequences for temperature change are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Arctic The Royal Society Arctic Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Physical and Engineering Sciences 352 1699 247 258 |
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A highly significant decrease in the annual sums of global irradiance reaching the surface of the Arctic, averaging 0.36 W m -2 per year, was derived from an analysis of 389 complete years of measurement, beginning in 1950, at 22 pyranometer stations within the Arctic Circle. The smaller data base of radiation balance measurements available showed a much smaller and statistically non-significant change. Reductions in global irradiance were most frequent in the early spring months and in the western sectors of the Arctic, coinciding with the seasonal and spatial distribution of the incursions of polluted air which give rise to the Arctic Haze. Irradiance measured in Antarctica during the same period showed a similar and more widespread decline despite the lower concentrations of pollutants. A marked increase in the surface radiation balance was recorded. Possible reasons for these interpolar anomalies and their consequences for temperature change are discussed. |
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Solar irradiance, air pollution and temperature changes in the Arctic |
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