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Research article
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26 Jan 2018
Research article |
| 26 Jan 2018
| 26 Jan 2018
Impact of aerosols on ice crystal size
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering and Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Kuo-Nan Liou
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering and Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering and Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Jonathan H. Jiang
Jet propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
Qinbin Li
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering and Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Rong Fu
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering and Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Lei Huang
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering and Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Jet propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
Xiaohong Liu
Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, USA
Xiangjun Shi
Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, USA
Hui Su
Jet propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
Cenlin He
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering and Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Short summary
The interactions between aerosols and ice clouds represent one of the largest uncertainties among anthropogenic forcings on climate change. We find that the responses of ice crystal effective radius, a key parameter determining ice clouds' net radiative effect, to aerosol loadings are modulated by water vapor amount and vary from a significant negative correlation in moist conditions (consistent with the “Twomey effect” for liquid clouds) to a strong positive correlation in dry conditions.
The interactions between aerosols and ice clouds represent one of the largest uncertainties...
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