Solar radiation budget and radiative forcing due to aerosols and clouds

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Enlightening Global Dimming and Brightening (2012, background): “Literature estimates for the overall SSR decline during dimming range from 3 to 9 W m−2, and from 1 to 4 W m−2 for the partial recovery during subsequent brightening (Stanhill and Moreshet 1992; Liepert et al. 1994; Abakumova et al. 1996; Gilgen et al. 1998; Stanhill and Cohen 2001; Alpert et al. 20”
Atmospheric and Surface Contributions to Planetary Albedo (2011, background): “…a spatial correlation coefficient of 0.92; this is expected because the atmospheric absorption of solar radiation is predominantly due to water vapor and ozone (Chou and Lee 1996) while clouds and black carbon each contribute less than 10% of the atmospheric absorption (Kim and Ramanathan 2008).”
Can cosmic rays affect cloud condensation nuclei by altering new particle formation rates? (2009, background): “The global cloud cover was found to vary by 2–4% through the solar cycle, corresponding to changes in radiative forcing of 1– 2 W m 2 (globally averaged, the shortwave forcing of clouds is about 47 W m 2 [Kim and Ramanathan, 2008]).”
The global energy balance from a surface perspective (2013, background): “…of the 21th century the recent estimate of 340 Wm-2 for the solar irradiance based on SORCE, with a rounded uncertainty range from 340 to 341 Wm-2 (Kopp and Lean 2011), for the reflected solar radiation the estimate from CERES EBAF of 100 Wm-2 (2-sigma uncertainty range from 96 to 100 Wm-2) (Loeb…”