Observed Top-Of-The-Atmosphere Radiative Fluxes Provide No Constraint On Aerosol Effective Radiative Forcing

Leighton Anunda Regayre1, Jill S Johnson2, Masaru Yoshioka1, Kirsty Pringle1, David Sexton3, Ben Booth4, Graham W Mann5, Lindsay Lee5, Nicolas Bellouin6, Grenville M. S. Lister7, Colin Johnson4, Ben Thomas Johnson4, James Mollard8 and Ken S Carslaw1, (1)University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, (2)University of Leeds, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, Leeds, United Kingdom, (3)Met Office, Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services, Exeter, United Kingdom, (4)Met Office Hadley center for Climate Change, Exeter, United Kingdom, (5)University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom, (6)University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, (7)University of Reading, Department of Meteorology and National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), Reading, United Kingdom, (8)University of Reading, Reading, RG6, United Kingdom