Re: [geo] Climate system response to stratospheric sulfate aerosols: sensitivity to altitude of aerosol layer

2019-12-15 Thread Govindasamy Bala
Andrews, We did not do experiments with aerosols above 22 km. It is likely that the cooling effect will be larger when aerosols are at 25 km. Beyond that it is likely that the additional cooling benefits disappear. We need more experiments to confirm this. The sensitivity to height in our paper a

RE: [geo] Climate system response to stratospheric sulfate aerosols: sensitivity to altitude of aerosol layer

2019-12-15 Thread Douglas MacMartin
This is a great study to understand the effectiveness per unit mass *in the stratosphere*. Also keep in mind that there’s an additional factor, that at lower altitudes it takes higher injection rates to achieve the same burden in the stratosphere (i.e., lower lifetime at lower injected altitude

Re: [geo] Climate system response to stratospheric sulfate aerosols: sensitivity to altitude of aerosol layer

2019-12-15 Thread Andrew Lockley
Can you extrapolate to greater altitudes? On Sun, 15 Dec 2019, 05:38 Govindasamy Bala, wrote: > Dear Andrew, > Thanks for the posting. The heights studied were 16, 19 and 22 km, height > that are relevant to solar radiation modification problem.. The final > paragraph in the paper is worth readi