Updated 16 January 2009

Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts

Final Report, Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.3

See also press release from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (dtd 16 Jan 2009)

CCSP 2009: Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts, A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. [Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.)]. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA.

Final Report

Note: All links are to PDF files.

Entire Report [4.8 Mb]

Individual Sections

Front Matter [364 Kb]

Executive Summary [662 Kb]

Chapter 1: Introduction [625 Kb]

Chapter 2: Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements of Aerosol Properties, Burdens, and Radiative Forcing [1.9 Mb]

Chapter 3: Modeling the Effects of Aerosols on Climate [1.6 Mb]

Chapter 4: The Way Forward [484 Kb]

Back Matter [369 Kb]

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