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Anand, S.; Mayya, Y. S. (2015): Comment on „Reduced efficacy of marine cloud brightening geoengineering due to in-plume aerosol coagulation: parameterization and global implications“ by Stuart et al. (2013). In Atmos. Chem. Phys. 15 (2), pp. 753–756. DOI 10.5194/acp-15-753-2015.

Response to Stuart et al. (2013). „We examine the parameterized model of Stuart et al. (2013) vis-à-vis a diffusion-based model proposed by us earlier (Anand and Mayya, 2011) to estimate the fraction of aerosol particles surviving coagulation in a dispersing plume. While the Stuart et al. approach is based on the solutions to the coagulation problem in an expanding plume model, the diffusion-based approach solves the diffusion–coagulation equation for a steady-state standing plume to arrive at the survival fraction correlations.„

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Reynolds, Jesse (2015): Why the UNFCCC and CBD Should Refrain from Regulating Solar Climate Engineering (Geoengineering Our Climate? Working Paper and Opinion Article Series).

„However, I believe that it would be counterproductive to pursue binding regulation of SRM in international forums with (near-)universal participation, and in those of the UNFCCC and CBD specifically, at least for the foreseeable future. In general, it is too soon to initiate global negotiations toward a binding agreement.“

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Tilmes, S.; Mills, M. J.; Niemeier, U.; Schmidt, H.; Robock, A.; Kravitz, B. et al. (2015): A new Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) experiment designed for climate and chemistry models. In Geosci. Model Dev. 8 (1), pp. 43–49. DOI 10.5194/gmd-8-43-2015.

„A new Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) experiment „G4 specified stratospheric aerosols“ (short name: G4SSA) is proposed to investigate the impact of stratospheric aerosol geoengineering on atmosphere, chemistry, dynamics, climate, and the environment.„

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