Dear Colleagues,

As demonstrated by the IPCC report, the role played by aerosol particles in climate is crucial since they are one of the main sources of uncertainty in radiative forcing calculations. Although aerosol-light interactions have vital importance in climate change, the understanding of some interactions by the scientific community is low.

Therefore, physical and chemical analyses of radiative absorption and emission by particles of atmosphere are needed in order to reduce uncertainty on radiative forcing caused by aerosols. However, the characterization of aerosol-light interactions is not an easy task. There are multiple parameters that influence this interaction: the existence of many aerosol sources, the great chemical variety of compounds with different properties, vertical distribution, surface albedo, the short residence time in the atmosphere, their spatial heterogeneity or their mixing state. Therefore, field, laboratory or modelling studies are needed in order to improve our knowledge about aerosol–light interactions.

Given the importance of the topic, the open-access journal Atmosphere is hosting a Special Issue to showcase all aspects of research related to radiative absorption and emission by particles of the atmosphere and invites you to submit papers across the broader spectrum of aerosol–light interactions: climate change, remote sensing, radiative transfer modeling, particle scattering or absorption measurements. This Special Issue aims to be an international forum for further research collaboration. Moreover, the submission of research work by interdisciplinary teams and multi-country groups is of significant interest.

Dr. Sonia Castillo Fernández
Dr. Carlos Blanco-Alegre
Guest Editors

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• aerosols
• climate change
• elemental composition
• measurement techniques
• particle scattering
• radiative forcing