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For aerosol optical properties, these are provided as climatologies
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and hence have `monC` in their name
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(they also have a time axis with only twelve points, so they're hard to miss).
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(Note that these files were calculated slightly differently to how it was done in CMIP6,
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see [data differences from CMIP6 below](#data)).
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There is no recommendation for teams who want to run pre-industrial control
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with volcanic emissions as yet, that is still being developed
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in collaboration with early testing teams who are interested in this application.
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### Data
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The CMIP7 climatology files for extinction, single scattering albedo and asymetry
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were all calculated by using a standard average over time.
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This is different from CMIP6
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where the climatology for single scattering albedo and assymetry were calculated as weighted averages
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(the weights for single scattering albedo being the extinction;
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the weights for assymetry being the product of extinction and single scattering albedo).
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For consistency and because of the small impact,
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we recommend using the climatology files as given without the weighted average.
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For a full dive into the changes from CMIP6, see
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the GMD pre-prints documenting the stratospheric
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[aerosol optical property](https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-4990/)

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