In-cloud measurements highlight the role of aerosol hygroscopicity in cloud
droplet formation

Väisänen, Olli; Ruuskanen, Antti; Ylisirniö, Arttu; Miettinen, Pasi; Portin, Harri; Hao, Liqing; Leskinen, Ari; Komppula, Mika; Romakkaniemi, Sami; Lehtinen, Kari E. J.; Virtanen, Annele

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10385-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10385-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10385-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 16, issue 16

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17 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 17 Aug 2016

In-cloud measurements highlight the role of aerosol hygroscopicity in cloud droplet formation

Olli Väisänen, Antti Ruuskanen, Arttu Ylisirniö, Pasi Miettinen, Harri Portin, Liqing Hao, Ari Leskinen, Mika Komppula, Sami Romakkaniemi, Kari E. J. Lehtinen, and Annele Virtanen

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RC1: 'Review comments of manuscript "In-cloud measurements highlight the role of aerosol hygroscopicity in cloud droplet formation”', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 May 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Olli Väisänen, 13 Jul 2016
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript doi:10.5194/acp-2016-318, 2016', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 May 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Olli Väisänen, 13 Jul 2016
RC3: 'Review', Martin Gysel, 07 Jun 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Martin Gysel', Olli Väisänen, 13 Jul 2016

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In-cloud measurements of aerosol hygroscopicity and cloud droplet activation were conducted in Kuopio, Finland. According to the observations, the less hygroscopic accumulation mode particles were present in the non-activated aerosol, whereas the more hygroscopic particles were scavenged into cloud droplets. The results illustrate the sensitivity of cloud droplet formation to varying chemical composition and highlight the need for proper treatment of anthropogenic aerosols in CCN predictions.