Spatial and temporal CCN variations in convection-permitting aerosol microphysics simulations in an idealised marine  tropical domain

Planche, Céline; Mann, Graham W.; Carslaw, Kenneth S.; Dalvi, Mohit; Marsham, John H.; Field, Paul R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3371-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3371-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3371-2017

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

Research article

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08 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 08 Mar 2017

Spatial and temporal CCN variations in convection-permitting aerosol microphysics simulations in an idealised marine tropical domain

Céline Planche, Graham W. Mann, Kenneth S. Carslaw, Mohit Dalvi, John H. Marsham, and Paul R. Field

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RC1: 'Review for “Spatial and temporal CCN variations in convection-permitting aerosol microphysics simulations in an idealised marine tropical domain”', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Nov 2016
- AC1: 'Response to referee 1', Celine Planche, 29 Jan 2017
RC2: '“Spatial and temporal CCN variations in convection-permitting aerosol microphysics simulations in an idealised marine tropical domain” by Céline Planche et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Response to referee 2', Celine Planche, 29 Jan 2017

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AR by Celine Planche on behalf of the Authors (29 Jan 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Feb 2017) by Corinna Hoose

AR by Celine Planche on behalf of the Authors (21 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

A convection-permitting limited area model with prognostic aerosol microphysics is applied to investigate how concentrations of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) in the marine boundary layer are affected by high-resolution dynamical and thermodynamic fields at sub-climate model scale. We gain new insight into the way primary sea-salt and secondary sulfate particles contribute to the overall CCN variance, and find a marked difference in the variability of super- and sub-micron CCN.