The empirical fate of smoke from fires on the ground is a more complex matter than simply pasting it into a model's vertical divisions - when it comes to vertical transport , the models in question rely more on the taste of those programming them than natural history. This is an important failing because in reality the vertical distribution can reverse the sign of the radiative forcing effects, leading to surface warming rather than cooling.
In the 27 years since 'nuclear winter's meltdown as a Cold War game changer, soot has morphed into a contemporary part of the global warming problem -- See Rind et al *JGR* doi 10.1029/2004JD005103, 2005 and Cappa et al, Science 31 August 2012: DOI: 10.1126/science.1223447 who note : Atmospheric black carbon (BC) warms Earth’s climate, and its reduction has been targeted for near-term climate change mitigation. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/geoengineering/-/LljUS7sQjRkJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
