Constrained aerosol forcing for improved climate projections

Understanding and reducing the long-standing uncertainty in anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing.

The FORCeS Project

Read more about the goals and project objectives of the FORCeS project.

The ultimate aim of the FORCeS project is to understand and reduce the long-standing uncertainty in anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing. This is crucial if we are to increase confidence in climate projections.

FORCeS will identify key processes governing aerosol radiative forcing, as well as climate feedbacks related to aerosols and clouds, and improve the knowledge about these processes by bringing together leading European scientists

FORCeS reaches out to decision-makers and stakeholders and provides added-value information through workshops where climate science and climate policy experts meet to achieve maximum impact.

Latest news

Figure (a–c) Cloud cover and (d–f) liquid water path along the three trajectories as a function of time from SEVIRI (NASA) and the MIMICA simulations (liquid water path is in-cloud in MIMICA). The cloud cover and liquid water path output from MIMICA have a time resolution of 15 min, and values are smoothed using a 1 h moving average (Pérez, A. et al., 2024)

Latest news

  • April 25, 2024

Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, this study focuses on understanding how biomass burning plumes influence the behaviour of stratocumulus clouds over the southeast Atlantic region during the period of intense fires in southern Africa. The team of researchers, among them being FORCeS participants Frida Bender, Matthias Schwarz, Juha Tonttila, Harri Kokkola, and Annica Ekman, […]

Outreach & Resources

Links to modelling and experimental data & the database of publications resulting from the FORCeS project.