Aircraft-measured indirect cloud effects from biomass burning smoke in the  Arctic and subarctic

Zamora, L. M.; Kahn, R. A.; Cubison, M. J.; Diskin, G. S.; Jimenez, J. L.; Kondo, Y.; McFarquhar, G. M.; Nenes, A.; Thornhill, K. L.; Wisthaler, A.; Zelenyuk, A.; Ziemba, L. D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-715-2016

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21 Jan 2016

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| 21 Jan 2016

Aircraft-measured indirect cloud effects from biomass burning smoke in the Arctic and subarctic

L. M. Zamora, R. A. Kahn, M. J. Cubison, G. S. Diskin, J. L. Jimenez, Y. Kondo, G. M. McFarquhar, A. Nenes, K. L. Thornhill, A. Wisthaler, A. Zelenyuk, and L. D. Ziemba

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RC C7369: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Sep 2015
- AC C9360: 'Author Response to Referee #1', Lauren Zamora, 16 Nov 2015
RC C8265: 'Review of Zamora et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Oct 2015
- AC C9368: 'Author Response to Referee #2', Lauren Zamora, 16 Nov 2015
AC C9369: 'Thank you to the reviewers', Lauren Zamora, 16 Nov 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Lauren Zamora on behalf of the Authors (16 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Nov 2015) by Lynn M. Russell

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (20 Nov 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (04 Dec 2015)

ED: Publish as is (22 Dec 2015) by Lynn M. Russell

AR by Lauren Zamora on behalf of the Authors (28 Dec 2015)

Short summary

Based on extensive aircraft campaigns, we quantify how biomass burning smoke affects subarctic and Arctic liquid cloud microphysical properties. Enhanced cloud albedo may decrease short-wave radiative flux by between 2 and 4 Wm² or more in some subarctic conditions. Smoke halved average cloud droplet diameter. In one case study, it also appeared to limit droplet formation. Numerous Arctic background Aitken particles can also interact with combustion particles, perhaps affecting their properties.