Table 1: Model description, general information. If meteorology was nudged or driven by reanalysis fields, the year 2006 meteorology was used. Model Type Resolution Levels Meteorology Responsible BCC GCM 2.8˚×2.8˚ 26 NCEP/NCAR reanalysis CAM4-Oslo GCM 2.5˚×1.8˚ 26 CAM5.1 GCM 2.5˚×1.8˚ 30 Produced by CAM4 atmospheric physics with CAM4-Oslo cloud tuning and boundary data from the data ocean and sea-ice models of CCSM4. CAM5.1 GEOS_CHEM CTM 5.0˚×4.0˚ 47 GEOS-5, reanalysis?? GISS-MATRIX GCM 2.5˚×2.0˚ 40 Nudged to NCEP winds GISS-modelE GCM 2.5˚×2.0˚ 40 Nudged to NCEP winds GMI CTM 2.5˚×2.0˚ 72 GEOS-5 MERRA reanalysis, nudged GOCART CTM 2.5˚×2.0˚ 30 IMPACT CTM 5.0˚×4.0˚ 26 GEOS-4 DAS (Goddard Earth Observing System version 4 Data Assimilation System), reanalysis DAO assimilation fields for 1997), reanalysis. INCA CTM 3.8˚×1.9˚ 19 ECMWF reanalysis from the Integrated Forecast System (IFS) model HadGEM2 MPIHAM GCM GCM 1.8˚×1.2˚ 1.8˚×1.8˚ 38 31 NCAR-CAM3.5 GCM 2.5˚×1.8˚ 26 ERA Interim data for 2006, nudged model nudged with ERA-Interim reanalysis for the year 2006, nudged GCM-generated OsloCTM2 CTM 2.8˚×2.8˚ 60 ECMWF reanalysis from the Integrated Forecast System (IFS) model for year 2006 SPRINTARS GCM 1.1˚×1.1˚ 56 NCEP/NCAR reanalysis, nudged Hua Zhang Zhili Wang Alf Kirkevåg Trond Iversen Øyvind Selan X. Liu R. C. Easter Steve Ghan P. J. Rasch J.-H. Yoon Fangqun Yu Gan Luo Xiaoyan Ma Susanne Bauer Kostas Tsigaridis Kostas Tsigaridis Susanne Bauer Huisheng Bian Stephen D Steenrod Mian Chin Thomas Diehl Mian Chin Guangxing Lin Joyce Penner Yves Balkanski Michael Schulz Didier Hauglustaine Nicolas Bellouin Kai Zhang Philip Stier Jean-Francois Lamarque Gunnar Myhre Ragnhild B. Skeie Terje Berntsen Toshihiko Takemura Table 2: Model description, aerosol information. Model S BC OC BB SOA NO3 Aerosol microphysics References for aerosol module BCC Y Y Y Y -- -- Zhang et al. (2012) CAM4-Oslo Y Y Y Y -- -- CAM5.1 GEOS_CHEM Y Y Y Y Y Y Y -- Y Y -Y GISS-MATRIX Y Y Y Y -- Y 12 bin sizes for each aerosol with radii between 0.0050.01, 0.01-0.02, 0.02-0.04, 0.04-0.08, 0.08-0.16, 0.160.32, 0.32-0.64, 0.64-1.28, 1.28-2.56, 2.56-5.12, 5.1210.24, and 10.24-20.48 µm. Mass conc. of SO4, BC, OM, sea-salt and dust in four size-classes are tagged according to production mechanism. Based on 44 sectional size bins and lognormal distributions at the point of emission, lookup tables yield physical properties of the processed aerosols. 3 internally-mixed log-normal modes 40 bins for secondary particles, 20 bins for sea salt, 15 bins for dust, 4 log-normal modes for BC and primary OC. Coating of primary particles by secondary species tracked. Aerosol microphysical scheme GISS-modelE Y Y Y Y Y Y Aerosol mass based scheme GMI Y Y Y Y -- Y GOCART Y Y Y Y Y -- IMPACT Y Y Y Y Y * INCA Y Y Y Y -- Y HadGEM2 MPIHAM Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y -Y Y -- 5 bin sizes for dust, 4 bin sizes for sea-salt, 3 bin size for nitrate and sulfate, all aerosols with log-normal size distributions. Parameterized with prescribed dry particle sizes: 8 bins for dust, 4 bins for sea salt, 1 bin for sulfate, BC, and OA, with log-normal distributions, particle growth parameterized as a function of RH 4 bin sizes for sea-salt and mineral dust, pure sulfate treated using 2 modes with predicted size and coagulation and condensation of SO4 with other aerosols explicitly resolved. Soluble and insoluble aerosol treated separately, modal assumptions with log-normal size distributions. We distinguish between accumulation, coarse and super coarse modes Log-normal size distribution in the optics? Modal method, log-normal size distributions, 7 modes (4 soluble, 3 insoluble) NCAR-CAM3.5 Y Y Y Y -¿?- -¿?- OsloCTM2 Y Y Y Y Y Y SPRINTARS Y Y Y Y -- -- Bulk-aerosol model, except 4-bins for sea-salt and mineral dust 8 bin sizes for sea-salt and mineral dust, aerosol mass scheme for other aerosols with log-normal size distributions in calculations of optical properties Modal assumption, log-normal size distributions Kirkevåg et al. (in prep). Liu et al., 2012 Yu and Luo (2009) , Yu (2011), Ma et al. (2012) Bauer et al. (2010; 2008) Koch et al. (2007; 2006), Bauer et al. (2007) , Tsigaridis et al. (in prep) Bian et al. (2009) Chin et al. (2009; 2002; 2000), Ginoux et al. (2001) Wang and Penner (2009), Lin et al. (2012); Xu and Penner (2012) Balkanski et al. (2004), Schulz (2007), Balkanski, (2011), Szopa et al. (2012) Bellouin et al. (2011) Vignati et al. (2004), Stier et al. (2005), Zhang et al. (2012) Lamarque et al. (2012) Myhre et al. (2007; 2009), Skeie et al. (2011) Takemura et al. (2009; 2005) Note: GOCART only includes SOA from biogenic sources (terpene oxidation) * The NO3 values for forcing from this model were simulated using the same model as the IMPACT model described here, but did not include the chemistry of formation of SOA and used the simplified NOx chemistry described in Feng and Penner (2007). The resolution was 2.5x2.0. Table 3: Global mean anthropogenic value for all-sky and clear sky RF, normalized RF (NRF) with respect to AOD for clear sky, atmospheric absorption, atmospheric absorption divided by AAOD, AOD, anthropogenic fraction of AOD, AAOD, single scattering albedo (SSA), combined natural and anthropogenic change in SSA from PRE simulation to CTRL simulation, and present day cloud fraction (CLT). ˟For NCAR-CAM3 the sum of component forcings is used. Model RF All-sky RF Clear-sky NRF Clear-sky Atm.abs. Atm.abs/AAOD AOD AOD Ant.fr. AAOD SSA dSSA CLT [W/m2] [W/m2] [W/m2] [W/m2] [W/m2] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] BCC -0.18 -0.75 -76.0 0.20 561 0.0099 0.138 0.0004 0.963 -0.0007 0.59 CAM4-Oslo -0.08 1.75 479 0.0527 0.345 0.0037 0.931 -0.0148 0.54 0.69 470 0.0148 0.123 0.0015 0.901 -0.0064 0.64 0.72 451 CAM5.1 -0.016 -0.35 -23.6 GEOS_CHEM -0.49 -0.67 GISS-MATRIX -0.58 -0.79 -19.9 0.0398 0.229 0.0018 0.955 -0.0005 0.65 GISS-modelE -0.32 -0.46 -20.9 0.0219 0.147 0.0020 0.907 -0.0096 0.65 GMI -0.52 -0.91 -24.7 0.49 387 0.0368 0.271 0.0013 0.965 -0.0033 GOCART -0.36 -0.58 -21.8 0.73 432 0.0267 0.236 0.0017 0.937 0.0005 HadGEM2 -0.31 -0.72 -27.2 0.61 429 0.0265 0.209 0.0014 0.947 -0.0073 0.55 IMPACT-Umich -0.21 -1.01 -23.7 1.10 935 0.0428 0.325 0.0012 0.973 -0.0014 0.66 INCA -0.36 -0.73 -17.4 0.95 723 0.0417 0.295 0.0013 0.968 -0.0046 0.47 MPIHAM -0.15 -0.44 -17.8 0.0244 0.218 0.0016 0.936 -0.0101 0.63 NCAR-CAM3 -0.28 -0.74 -24.7 0.47 360 0.0298 0.277 0.0013 0.956 OsloCTM2 -0.43 -1.18 -27.4 1.11 508 0.0432 0.252 0.0022 0.949 -0.0078 0.63 0.0016 SPRINTARS -0.14 -0.71 -27.4 0.85 685 0.0260 0.272 0.0012 0.952 -0.0071 0.60 Mean -0.30 -0.72 -27.1 0.81 535 0.0312 0.238 0.0016 0.946 -0.0056 0.60 Median -0.31 -0.72 -23.7 0.73 479 0.0298 0.252 0.0015 0.952 -0.0064 0.63 Stddev 0.17 0.22 15.1 0.40 167 0.0120 0.067 0.0007 0.022 0.0045 0.06 Table 4: Anthropogenic load, mass extinction coefficient (MEC), AOD, RF, normalized RF with respect to burden (NRFB), normalized RF with respect to AOD (NRFA) for sulphate. Model BCC CAM4-Oslo CAM5.1 GEOS_CHEM GISS-MATRIX GISS-modelE GMI GOCART HadGEM2 IMPACT-Umich INCA MPIHAM NCAR-CAM3 OsloCTM2 SPRINTARS Mean Median Stddev Load [mg/m2] 1.29 2.78 1.69 1.87 1.54 1.03 2.14 1.87 1.59 1.42 2.26 2.25 MEC [m2/g] 5.4 12.3 5.6 10.7 13.2 38.6 12.0 12.2 8.9 10.3 12.5 9.1 AOD [1] 0.0069 0.0342 0.0095 0.0200 0.0203 0.0398 0.0256 0.0228 0.0142 0.0146 0.0283 0.0204 2.61 2.13 1.89 1.87 0.50 11.2 10.3 12.3 11.2 7.9 0.0293 0.0220 0.0220 0.0220 0.0091 RF [W/m2] -0.14 -0.48 -0.18 -0.49 -0.30 -0.32 -0.42 -0.44 -0.31 -0.16 -0.41 -0.28 -0.45 -0.58 -0.37 -0.35 -0.37 0.13 NRFB [W/g] -108 -173 -104 -263 -196 -307 -195 -238 -193 -113 -180 -125 0 -223 -172 -185 -180 60 NRFA [W/m2] -20.0 -14.0 -18.4 -24.6 -14.9 -8.0 -16.3 -19.5 -21.7 -11.0 -14.4 -13.8 0.0 -19.9 -16.6 -16.6 -16.3 4.4 Table 5: Same as Table 4 for BC from FF and BF emissions. Model BCC CAM4-Oslo CAM5.1 GEOS_CHEM GISS-MATRIX GISS-modelE GMI GOCART HadGEM2 IMPACT-Umich INCA MPIHAM NCAR-CAM3 OsloCTM2 SPRINTARS Mean Median Stddev Load [mg/m2] 0.076 0.21 0.074 0.12 0.075 0.16 0.14 0.21 0.31 0.09 0.15 0.10 MEC [m2/g] 4.2 8.2 18.6 6.4 1.4 13.8 12.0 10.4 5.4 14.0 9.5 11.2 AOD [1] 0.0003 0.0017 0.0014 0.0008 0.0001 0.0023 0.0017 0.0021 0.0016 0.0013 0.0015 0.0011 0.17 0.16 0.15 0.15 0.07 13.2 7.7 9.7 10.4 4.6 0.0022 0.0012 0.0014 0.0015 0.0007 RF [W/m2] 0.05 0.37 0.20 0.20 0.19 0.21 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.14 0.18 0.14 0.15 0.38 0.21 0.20 0.19 0.08 NRFB [W/g] 650 1763 2661 1693 2484 1253 1208 874 612 1467 1160 1453 0 2271 1322 1491 1453 633 NRFA [W/m2] 155.1 216.0 143.3 266.1 1798.4 90.9 100.4 84.3 114.1 104.6 122.5 130.2 0.0 172.5 170.8 262.1 143.3 445.1 Table 6: Same as Table 4 for OA from FF and BF emissions Model BCC CAM4-Oslo CAM5.1 GEOS_CHEM GISS-MATRIX GISS-modelE GMI GOCART HadGEM2 IMPACT-Umich INCA MPIHAM NCAR-CAM3 OsloCTM2 SPRINTARS Mean Median Stddev Load [mg/m2] 0.35 0.28 0.31 0.23 0.19 0.46 0.30 0.42 0.24 0.20 0.62 0.35 MEC [m2/g] 3.7 5.8 4.6 3.0 11.1 6.1 6.6 4.9 7.0 14.1 7.5 1.6 AOD [1] 0.0013 0.0017 0.0014 0.0007 0.0021 0.0028 0.0020 0.0021 0.0017 0.0028 0.0046 0.0006 0.45 0.22 0.33 0.31 0.12 6.7 0.0030 6.4 6.1 3.3 0.0021 0.0020 0.0011 RF [W/m2] -0.03 -0.03 -0.02 -0.02 -0.02 -0.03 -0.06 -0.06 -0.04 -0.03 -0.05 -0.01 -0.01 -0.08 -0.02 -0.04 -0.03 0.02 NRFB [W/g] -97 -118 -69 -100 -129 -76 -189 -144 -145 -141 -76 -41 0 -187 -102 -115 -102 44 NRFA [W/m2] -26.3 -20.1 -15.0 -33.5 -11.6 -12.4 -28.5 -29.4 -20.6 -10.0 -10.1 -25.0 0.0 -28.0 0.0 -20.8 -20.6 8.2 Table 7: Same as Table 4 for SOA Model BCC CAM4-Oslo CAM5.1 GEOS_CHEM GISS-MATRIX GISS-modelE GMI GOCART HadGEM2 IMPACT-Umich INCA MPIHAM NCAR-CAM3 OsloCTM2 SPRINTARS Mean Median Stddev Load [mg/m2] MEC [m2/g] AOD [1] RF [W/m2] NRFB [W/g] NRFA [W/m2] 0.27 0.44 8.0 4.8 0.0022 0.0021 -0.01 -0.01 -45 -29 -5.6 -6.1 0.090 6.3 0.0006 0.97 18.9 0.0184 -0.21 -218 -11.5 0.15 10.9 0.0016 -0.02 -139 -12.8 0.36 6.9 0.0025 -0.07 -183 -26.4 0.38 0.36 0.32 9.3 8.0 5.1 0.0046 0.0022 0.0068 -0.06 -0.02 0.09 -123 -139 83 -12.5 -11.5 8.4 Table 8: Same as Table 4 for nitrate Model BCC CAM4-Oslo CAM5.1 GEOS_CHEM GISS-MATRIX GISS-modelE GMI GOCART HadGEM2 IMPACT-Umich INCA MPIHAM NCAR-CAM3 OsloCTM2 SPRINTARS Mean Median Stddev Load [mg/m2] MEC [m2/g] AOD [1] RF [W/m2] NRFB [W/g] NRFA [W/m2] 0.90 0.44 0.16 0.76 7.4 23.8 151.4 8.0 0.0066 0.0104 0.0246 0.0061 -0.17 -0.10 -0.11 -0.08 -191 -240 -684 -103 -25.9 -10.1 -4.5 -12.9 0.44 0.78 0.44 11.8 11.2 0.0051 0.0088 -0.11 -0.12 -0.05 -249 -155 -110 -21.1 -13.8 0.0 0.16 11.3 0.0018 -0.03 -191 -16.9 0.51 0.44 0.28 32.1 11.3 52.9 0.0091 0.0066 0.0074 -0.10 -0.10 0.04 -240 -191 187 -15.0 -13.8 7.1 Table9: Same as Table 4 for combined OA and BC from BB emissions Model BCC CAM4-Oslo CAM5.1 GEOS_CHEM GISS-MATRIX GISS-modelE GMI GOCART HadGEM2 IMPACT-Umich INCA MPIHAM NCAR-CAM3 OsloCTM2 SPRINTARS Mean Median Stddev Load [mg/m2] 0.46 2.96 0.24 MEC [m2/g] 3.9 5.4 7.0 AOD [1] 0.0018 0.0159 0.0017 0.21 7.1 0.0015 0.48 0.88 1.76 0.07 8.0 6.4 8.4 22.6 0.0038 0.0056 0.0147 0.0015 0.72 6.1 0.0044 0.86 0.48 0.93 8.3 7.0 5.5 0.0057 0.0038 0.0057 RF [W/m2] -0.03 0.07 0.04 NRFB [W/g] -65 24 145 NRFA [W/m2] -16.8 4.5 20.7 -0.08 -0.06 -0.02 -0.07 0.07 -0.03 0.02 0.02 -0.02 0.00 -0.01 -0.02 0.05 0 -291 0 -143 84 -16 294 0 -25 0 1 -16 168 0.0 -40.9 0.0 -17.8 13.1 -1.9 13.0 0.0 -4.1 0.0 -3.4 -1.9 19.3 Figure 1: Zonal mean top of the atmosphere short wave (TOA) albedo (left) and effective broadband surface albedo (right) shown for all the models. CERES TOA albedo data is shown together with the models. Figure 2: Zonal mean DAE RF for all-sky (left) and RF for clear sky (right). Figure 3: Anthropogenic AOD (upper left), anthropogenic AAOD (upper right), anthropogenic single scattering albedo (lower left), and change in single scattering albedo from pre-industrial to present conditions (lower right). All values are taken at 550nm. Between 80S and 30S the anthropogenic AOD is extremely small for some of the models and anthropogenic single scattering albedo may reach unrealistic values and in such cases values have been removed from the figure. Figure 4: Radiative forcing from the six components, overlain with the (unmodified) model total forcing (yellow bars). Figure 5: Model total RFs. Black bars show the bare modelled forcing, the colored bars show the forcing modified for untreated components (see text for details). The yellow bar shows the AeroCom mean of the total RF of DAE. Solid lines inside the boxes show the model mean, dashed lines show the median. The boxes indicate one standard deviation, while the whiskers indicate the max and min of the distribution. The yellow shaded bar shows the AeroCom mean when aerosol component adjustment is made for missing aerosol components. Figure 6: Correlation between anthropogenic absorption AOD and atmospheric absorption. Numbers show ratio AtmAbs/AAOD, the lines indicate the mean and one standard deviation of this ratio. Figure 7: Component and total RF. Total RF has been modified for missing components in individual models. Solid lines inside the boxes show the model mean, dashed lines show the median. The boxes indicate one standard deviation, while the whiskers indicate the max and min of the distribution. Figure 8: Zonal mean SO4 RF, burden, AOD at 550nm, normalized RF with respect to AOD (NRF(A)) Figure 9: Zonal mean BC RF, burden, AOD at 550nm, NRF(A). 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