Since both #aerosols and #clouds have decreased over #Europe, both would influence this brightening.

Using #MERRA-2 reanalysis, which assimilates #satellite-derived aerosols, we found that the fractional sensitivity of surface #shortwave radiation is 5 times higher for #clouds

Granted, we did this by solving a simple system of equations that assumes similar bulk sensitivities of the climate system to aerosols and clouds over both #Europe and #China.

So how important is the impact of this effective climate sensitivity versus the radiative effect on the local temperature response?

We examined using a perturbation analysis between 1980 and 2019 using #NASA's #MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Just returning from a great conference on the #globalhistory of #war and #empire in #Amsterdam .

Learned a lot about military history and presented a paper on #merra #unrra and #refugeecamps for european #ww2 refugees from Greece and Yugoslavia who had been in #egypt during the war

(Just learning my way around here, so lots of # for the #histodons #imperialhistory #africanhistory @histodon @africanstudies )