High sensitivity of anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing to pre-industrial fire emissions

Ken S Carslaw1, Douglas Hamilton2, Stijn Hantson3, Catherine Scott1, Kirsty Pringle1, Lars Peter Nieradzik4, Alexandru Rap5, Gerd Folberth6 and Dominick V Spracklen1, (1)University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, (2)North Carolina State University, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, United States, (3)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, (4)CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Canberra, Australia, (5)University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds, United Kingdom, (6)Met Office Hadley center for Climate Change, ESMS, Exeter, United Kingdom