# Summertime Aerosol Radiative Effects and Their Dependence on Temperature over the Southeastern USA
## 4 Conclusions
**Supplementary Materials:** The following are available online at [[http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/9/5/180/s1](http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/9/5/180/s1)]([http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/9/5/180/s1](http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/9/5/180/s1)), Figure S1: Time series of monthly averaged AOD over the southeastern US from AATSR and MISR Level 3 products for the years 2003-2011, Figure S2: Monthly averaged Level 3 MISR AOD vs. Level 3 AATSR AOD over the southeastern US for the years 2003-2011, Figure S3: Summertime averaged tropospheric NO\({}_{2}\) column densities vs. sulfate particle mass (diameter below 2.5 \(\upmu\)m) in the southeastern US for the years 2005-2011, Figure S4: Monthly mean observed LST vs. simulated LST in the southeastern US for the years 2002-2010, Figure S5: Monthly mean observed AOD vs. simulated AOD over the southeastern US for the years 2002-2010, Figure S6: The most common vegetation types in the southeastern US based on the MODIS MCD12C1 product for the year 2011, Figure S7: Summertime anomalies (JJA) of aerosol optical depth (AOD) vs. regional mean land surface temperature (LST) over mixed forests in the southeastern US for the years 2005-2011, Figure S8: Summertime anomalies (JJA) of aerosol optical depth (AOD) vs. regional mean land surface temperature (LST) over woody savannas in the southeastern US for the years 2005-2011, Figure S9: Summertime anomalies (JJA) of aerosol optical depth (AOD) vs. regional mean land surface temperature (LST) over cropland/natural mosaic in the southeastern US for the years 2005-2011, Figure S10: Summertime (JJA) anomalies of AOD vs. tropospheric NO\({}_{2}\) column densities over mixed forests in the southeastern US for the years 2005-2011, Figure S11: Summertime (JJA) anomalies of AOD vs. tropospheric NO\({}_{2}\) column densities over woody savannas in the southeastern US for the years 2005-2011, Figure S12: Summertime (JJA) anomalies of AOD vs. tropospheric NO\({}_{2}\) column densities over cropland/natural mosaic in the southeastern US for the years 2005-2011, Figure S13: Biogenic aerosol direct radiative effect (DRE, based on the difference between the CONTROL and the noBIOSOA simulations) vs. LST anomaly for the summers (JJA) 2002-2010, Figure S14: Effective radiative forcing caused by biogenic emissions (ERF, based on the difference between the CONTROL and the noBIOSOA simulations) vs. LST anomaly for the summers (JJA) 2002-2010, Table S1: Satellite product used in the evaluation of the AATSR AOD product, Table S2: Summer and annual averages of land surface temperature (LST), aerosol optical depth (AOD) and tropospheric NO\({}_{2}\) concentrations (NO2 trop) based on AATSR and OMI observations over the southeastern US. **Author Contributions:** [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON] and [PERSON] conceived and designed the study; [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON] and [PERSON] performed the simulations and analyzed the data; [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON] and [PERSON] gathered and combined the satellite products and analyzed the data; all the authors contributed to discussion and the writing/editing of the manuscript. **Acknowledgments:** This work was funded by the ESA Living Planet Fellowship (ESA contract No.