CLIMATE DATA RECORD OF STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS (CREST)
Prime company: FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE (FI)Stratospheric aerosols play an important role in the Earth system and in the climate. Through the scattering of solar radiation back to space and by heating the stratosphere through the absorption of thermal infrared radiation upwelling from the troposphere, stratospheric aerosols impact the radiative forcing and thus the energy balance of the Earth’s atmosphere. By …