Unveiling the Shortwave Absorption Spectra of Alumina Aerosols: Radiative Implications for Solar Radiation Modification

Taveen Singh Kapoor; Prabhav Upadhyay; Jian Huang; Guodong Ren; John Cavin; Dhruv Mitroo; Sandro Vattioni; John Dykema; Jan Sedlacek; Joshin Kumar; Jordan A. Hachtel; Lu Xu; Rohan Mishra; Rajan K. Chakrabarty

doi:10.1029/2026GL121668

Unveiling the Shortwave Absorption Spectra of Alumina Aerosols: Radiative Implications for Solar Radiation Modification

Taveen Singh Kapoor
, Prabhav Upadhyay
, Jian Huang
, Guodong Ren
, John Cavin
, Dhruv Mitroo
, Sandro Vattioni
, John Dykema
, Jan Sedlacek
, Joshin Kumar
, Jordan A. Hachtel
, Lu Xu
, Rohan Mishra
, Rajan K. Chakrabarty

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Washington University St. Louis
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos and World Radiation Center
Harvard University
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Original language	English
Article number	e2026GL121668
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	53
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2026GL121668
State	Published - Aug 28 2026

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Geophysics
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Keywords

aerosol radiation interaction
alumina
solar radiation modification
spacecraft emissions
stratosphere
stratospheric aerosol injection

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Kapoor, T. S., Upadhyay, P., Huang, J., Ren, G., Cavin, J., Mitroo, D., Vattioni, S., Dykema, J., Sedlacek, J., Kumar, J., Hachtel, J. A., Xu, L., Mishra, R., & Chakrabarty, R. K. (2026). Unveiling the Shortwave Absorption Spectra of Alumina Aerosols: Radiative Implications for Solar Radiation Modification. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(16), Article e2026GL121668. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026GL121668

Kapoor, TS, Upadhyay, P, Huang, J, Ren, G, Cavin, J, Mitroo, D, Vattioni, S, Dykema, J, Sedlacek, J, Kumar, J, Hachtel, JA, Xu, L, Mishra, R & Chakrabarty, RK 2026, 'Unveiling the Shortwave Absorption Spectra of Alumina Aerosols: Radiative Implications for Solar Radiation Modification', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 53, no. 16, e2026GL121668. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026GL121668

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