Scientific Reports 4: Article number: 5508; published online: 01 July 2014; updated: 10 March 2016

The original version of this Article contained an error in the Abstract.

“We estimate that SAs contribute, per unit optical depth, up to 35% less atmospheric warming than freshly-emitted (Df ≈ 1.8) aggregates and ≈90% more warming than the volume-equivalent spherical soot particles simulated in climate models.”

now reads:

“At 550 nm wavelength, we estimate that SAs contribute, per unit optical depth, up to 35% less atmospheric warming than freshly-emitted (Df ≈ 1.8) aggregates and ≈90% more warming than the volume-equivalent spherical soot particles simulated in climate models.”

Additionally, the original version of this Article contained an error in the Methods section.

“The parameter β is the up-scatter fraction, which is a function of asymmetry parameter g as follows:”

now reads:

“The parameter β is the up-scatter fraction, which is a function of asymmetry parameter g using the Henyey-Greenstein phase function as follows:”

These errors have been corrected in the HTML version of the Article but have not been corrected in the PDF version of the Article.