Global impact of mineral dust on cloud droplet number concentration

Karydis, Vlassis A.; Tsimpidi, Alexandra P.; Bacer, Sara; Pozzer, Andrea; Nenes, Athanasios; Lelieveld, Jos

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5601-2017

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03 May 2017

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Global impact of mineral dust on cloud droplet number concentration

Vlassis A. Karydis, Alexandra P. Tsimpidi, Sara Bacer, Andrea Pozzer, Athanasios Nenes, and Jos Lelieveld

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Final revised paper (published on 03 May 2017)
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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Response to referee #1', Vlassis Karydis, 24 Mar 2017
RC2: 'Anonymous Reviewer #2', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Feb 2017
- AC2: 'Response to referee #2', Vlassis Karydis, 24 Mar 2017

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (28 Mar 2017) by Eliza Harris

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Short summary

The importance of mineral dust for cloud droplet formation is studied by considering the adsorption activation of insoluble dust particles and the thermodynamic interactions between mineral cations and inorganic anions. This study demonstrates that a comprehensive treatment of the CCN activity of mineral dust and its chemical and thermodynamic interactions with inorganic species by chemistry climate models is important to realistically account for aerosol–chemistry–cloud–climate interaction.