Forest canopy interactions with aerosols: important considerations in approaching future impacts and climate management.

ABSTRACT: Aerosols influence forest ecosystems through changes in radiation and climate affecting plant physiology and structure. Conversely, forests also contribute to aerosol formation. They emit primary aerosol particles and volatile organic compounds, which promote secondary organic aerosol formation in the atmosphere. This forest-aerosol coupling is highly dynamic, influenced by temperature, radiation, humidity, and trace gases. Wildfires add further complexity via smoke plumes altering radiation and ecosystem functioning, tropospheric ozone levels and stratospheric chemistry. Aerosols modify the quantity, directionality, and composition of solar radiation. The type of diffuse light produced by aerosol particles is however strongly dissimilar to the one produced under clouds, and the relevance

SUBMITTER: Durand M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12676069 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature