Understanding Climate Change in the Arctic: Feedback Mechanisms and Aerosols

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The book delves into the role of Arctic aerosol in influencing the region's radiative energy balance, highlighting its direct interactions with solar and terrestrial radiation and its effects on cloud properties and atmospheric dynamics. It emphasizes the significance of black carbon for solar absorption and mineral dust's impact on cloud formation and surface albedo, noting the origins of dust transported from Asia and Africa. The discussion also touches on sulphate's reflective properties, which are less impactful in the Arctic due to the high surface albedo and polar night conditions.