Two‐decadal aerosol trends as a likely explanation of the global dimming/brightening transition

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Trends in aerosol radiative effects over Europe inferred from observed cloud cover, solar “dimming,” and solar “brightening” (2007, background): “’’ The switch from solar ‘‘dimming’’ to ‘‘brightening’’ during recent decades in several regions of the world has been attributed to a reversal from increasing to decreasing anthropogenic sulfur and black carbon emissions [Stern, 2006; Novakov et al., 2003; Wild et al., 2005; Streets et al., 2006].”
Aerosol and cloud effects on solar brightening and the recent rapid warming (2008, background): “These facts and our measurements, as well as recent reports on aerosol reduction over western continents [Streets et al., 2006] and the oceans [Mishchenko et al., 2007] show that solar dimming and the subsequent brightening – or rather solar recovery – is very likely related to changes in…”
Aerosol light absorption and its measurement: A review (2009, background): “Aerosol light absorption transforms electromagnetic energy into thermal energy, thereby heating the absorbing particles and their surroundings and reducing the incident solar power below the absorbing aerosols [5,6].”