To determine the effects of atmospheric aerosols on the radiative heating of the earth-atmosphere system, the radiative transfer equation is solved analytically in the two-stream approximation. It is found that the sign of the heating is independent of optical thickness of an aerosol layer and the amount of heating approaches a finite limit with increasing thickness of a layer. Limitations of the two-stream approximation are discussed.
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Chýlek, P., & Coakley, J. A. (1974). Aerosols and climate. Science, 183(4120), 75–77. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.183.4120.75
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