Unveiling aerosol–cloud interactions – Part 2: Minimising the effects of aerosol swelling and wet scavenging in ECHAM6-HAM2 for comparison to satellite data

Neubauer, David; Christensen, Matthew W.; Poulsen, Caroline A.; Lohmann, Ulrike

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-13165-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-13165-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-13165-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 21

Research article

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07 Nov 2017

Research article |

| 07 Nov 2017

Unveiling aerosol–cloud interactions – Part 2: Minimising the effects of aerosol swelling and wet scavenging in ECHAM6-HAM2 for comparison to satellite data

David Neubauer, Matthew W. Christensen, Caroline A. Poulsen, and Ulrike Lohmann

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1, David Neubauer, 19 Sep 2017', David Neubauer, 19 Sep 2017
RC2: 'Review of 'Unveiling aerosol-cloud interactions part 2: ...' by Neubauer et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Jul 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', David Neubauer, 19 Sep 2017

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AR by David Neubauer on behalf of the Authors (19 Sep 2017) Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (26 Sep 2017) by Michael Schulz

AR by David Neubauer on behalf of the Authors (27 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (28 Sep 2017) by Michael Schulz

AR by David Neubauer on behalf of the Authors (06 Oct 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

When aerosol particles take up water their number may seem to be increased optically. However if aerosol particles are removed by precipitation (formation) their numbers will decrease. We applied methods to account for such effects in model and satellite data to analyse the change in cloud properties by changes in aerosol particle number. The agreement of model and satellite data improves when these effects are accounted for.