Global and regional estimates of warm cloud droplet number concentration based on 13 years of AQUA-MODIS observations

Bennartz, Ralf; Rausch, John

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9815-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9815-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9815-2017

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 16

Research article

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22 Aug 2017

Research article |

| 22 Aug 2017

Global and regional estimates of warm cloud droplet number concentration based on 13 years of AQUA-MODIS observations

Ralf Bennartz and John Rausch

Data sets

Cloud Droplet Number Concentration Climatology Ralf Bennartz and John Rausch https://doi.org/10.15695/vudata.ees.1

Short summary

Cloud droplet number concentration is linked to air pollution levels via indirect aerosol effects. The climatological results presented here provide constraints on cloud droplet number concentration globally, thereby helping to evaluate global climate models and study the impact of pollution regionally and globally.