Importance of aerosol composition and mixing state for cloud droplet activation over the Arctic pack ice in summer

Leck, C.; Svensson, E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2545-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2545-2015

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06 Mar 2015

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Importance of aerosol composition and mixing state for cloud droplet activation over the Arctic pack ice in summer

C. Leck and E. Svensson

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RC C8620: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Oct 2014
- AC C10004: 'Reply to comment on “Importance of aerosol composition and mixing state for cloud droplet activation in the high Arctic” by C. Leck and E. Svensson. Anonymous Referee #1', Caroline Leck, 11 Dec 2014
RC C8736: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Nov 2014
- AC C10019: 'Reply to comment on “Importance of aerosol composition and mixing state for cloud droplet activation in the high Arctic” by C. Leck and E. Svensson. Anonymous Referee #2', Caroline Leck, 11 Dec 2014

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AR by Caroline Leck on behalf of the Authors (15 Feb 2015)

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In the Arctic clouds are very important for determining the melting of the sea ice. The radiative properties of the optically thin Arctic clouds strongly depend on the number of particles available for water uptake. This study argues that the Köhler equation commonly used for simulating cloud droplet activation is not fully complete for describing the condensational growth of the interaction of the hydrophilic and hydrophobic entities on the structures of the airborne polymer gels present.