Treatment of Key Aerosol and Cloud Processes in Earth System Models – Recommendations from the FORCeS Project
By: Ilona Riipinen, Sini Talvinen, Anouck Chassaing, Paraskevi Georgakaki, Xinyang Li, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Tommi Bergman, Snehitha M. Kommula, Ulrike Proske, Angelos Gkouvousis, Alexandra P. Tsimpidi, Marios Chatziparaschos, Almuth Neuberger, Vlassis A. Karydis, Silvia M. Calderón, Sami Romakkaniemi, Daniel G. Partridge, Théodore Khadir, Lubna Dada, Twan van Noije, Stefano Decesari, Øyvind Seland, Paul Zieger, Frida Bender, Ken Carslaw, Jan Cermak, Montserrat Costa-Surós, Maria Gonçalves Ageitos, Yvette Gramlich, Ove W. Haugvaldstad, Eemeli Holopainen, Corinna Hoose, Oriol Jorba, Stylianos Kakavas, Maria Kanakidou, Harri Kokkola, Radovan Krejci, Thomas Kühn, Markku Kulmala, Philippe Le Sager, Risto Makkonen, Stella E. I. Manavi, Thomas F. Mentel, Alexandros Milousis, Stelios Myriokefalitakis, Athanasios Nenes, Tuomo Nieminen, Spyros N. Pandis, David Patoulias, Tuukka Petäjä, Johannes Quaas, Leighton Regayre, Susanne M. C. Scholz, Michael Schulz, Ksakousti Skyllakou, Ruben Sousse, Philip Stier, Manu Anna Thomas, Julie T. Villinger, Annele Virtanen, Klaus Wyser and Annica M. L. Ekman
Authors
Ilona Riipinen
Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm; Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm
Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm; Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE; Now at Department of Technical physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio
Anouck Chassaing
Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm; Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm
Paraskevi Georgakaki
paraskevi.georgakaki@uni-leipzig.de
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH; Now at Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig
Xinyang Li
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki
Carlos Pérez García-Pando
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona; ICREA, Calatan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona
Snehitha M. Kommula
Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio
Ulrike Proske
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, CH; Now at Hydrology and Environmental Hydraulics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen
Angelos Gkouvousis
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion – Crete; Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Patras
Alexandra P. Tsimpidi
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich
Marios Chatziparaschos
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion – Crete, GR; Now at Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona
Almuth Neuberger
Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm; Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm
Vlassis A. Karydis
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich
Daniel G. Partridge
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Exeter, Exeter
Théodore Khadir
Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm; Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm
Lubna Dada
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FI; PSI Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences, Villigen PSI
Stefano Decesari
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, Bologna
Paul Zieger
Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm; Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm
Jan Cermak
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Maria Gonçalves Ageitos
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
Yvette Gramlich
Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE; PSI Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences, Villigen PSI
Ove W. Haugvaldstad
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo; Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo
Eemeli Holopainen
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Patras, GR; Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio
Corinna Hoose
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Stylianos Kakavas
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Patras
Maria Kanakidou
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion – Crete; Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Patras
Harri Kokkola
Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio; Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio
Radovan Krejci
Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm; Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm
Markku Kulmala
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki
Thomas F. Mentel
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich
Alexandros Milousis
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich
Stelios Myriokefalitakis
Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Penteli
Athanasios Nenes
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH; Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Patras
Tuomo Nieminen
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki; Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki
David Patoulias
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Patras
Tuukka Petäjä
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm
Johannes Quaas
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Science Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig
Leighton Regayre
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds; Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, Devon; Centre for Environmental Modelling and Computation, University of Leeds, Leeds
Susanne M. C. Scholz
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich
Ksakousti Skyllakou
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Patras
Manu Anna Thomas
Meteorology Research Unit – Environment and Climate, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Julie T. Villinger
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich; Now at Meteomatics AG, St Gallen
Annele Virtanen
Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio
Klaus Wyser
Rossby Centre, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping
Annica M. L. Ekman
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE; School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/tellusb.1883 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 66
Submitted on: Apr 24, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 3, 2025
Published on: Jan 8, 2026
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2026 Ilona Riipinen, Sini Talvinen, Anouck Chassaing, Paraskevi Georgakaki, Xinyang Li, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Tommi Bergman, Snehitha M. Kommula, Ulrike Proske, Angelos Gkouvousis, Alexandra P. Tsimpidi, Marios Chatziparaschos, Almuth Neuberger, Vlassis A. Karydis, Silvia M. Calderón, Sami Romakkaniemi, Daniel G. Partridge, Théodore Khadir, Lubna Dada, Twan van Noije, Stefano Decesari, Øyvind Seland, Paul Zieger, Frida Bender, Ken Carslaw, Jan Cermak, Montserrat Costa-Surós, Maria Gonçalves Ageitos, Yvette Gramlich, Ove W. Haugvaldstad, Eemeli Holopainen, Corinna Hoose, Oriol Jorba, Stylianos Kakavas, Maria Kanakidou, Harri Kokkola, Radovan Krejci, Thomas Kühn, Markku Kulmala, Philippe Le Sager, Risto Makkonen, Stella E. I. Manavi, Thomas F. Mentel, Alexandros Milousis, Stelios Myriokefalitakis, Athanasios Nenes, Tuomo Nieminen, Spyros N. Pandis, David Patoulias, Tuukka Petäjä, Johannes Quaas, Leighton Regayre, Susanne M. C. Scholz, Michael Schulz, Ksakousti Skyllakou, Ruben Sousse, Philip Stier, Manu Anna Thomas, Julie T. Villinger, Annele Virtanen, Klaus Wyser, Annica M. L. Ekman, published by Stockholm University Press
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