Announcement: JGR Special Issue on Global Dimming and Brightening near completion
The Special Issue on "Global Dimming and Brightening" in the Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) is now near completion, with the final papers in the process of being published.
Dear Colleague,
This is to let you know that the Special Issue on "Global Dimming and Brightening" in the Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) is now near completion, with the final papers in the process of being published. The Special Issue is accessible online on the JGR special section web-pages at http://www.agu.org/journals/jd/special_sections.shtml?collectionCode=DIMBRIGHT1&journalCode=JD
"Global dimming and brightening" is a popular expression which refers to the recent evidence that sunlight reaching the Earth's surface is not constant over time, but undergoes substantial decadal variations. Available observations suggest a widespread decrease in surface solar radiation between the 1950s and 1980s ("global dimming"), and a more recent partial recovery ("brightening"). Papers in this Special Issue discuss the magnitude as well as the spatial and temporal distribution of these variations, their possible causes and underlying mechanisms, their representation in climate models, and their impacts on various components of the global climate system and climate change. It is the first time that a Special Issue is dedicated to this rapidly growing field of research.
Martin Wild
Guest Editor
JGR Special Issue on Global Dimming and Brightening
Dr. Martin Wild
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
ETH Zurich
Universitaetsstr. 16
CH-8092 Zurich (Switzerland)
Phone : +41 / 44 / 632 82 78
Fax : +41 / 44 / 632 13 11
E-mail: martin.wild@env.ethz.ch
URL: http://www.iac.ethz.ch/people/wild
