Articles | Volume 18, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11041-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11041-2018
Research article
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08 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 08 Aug 2018

A model intercomparison of CCN-limited tenuous clouds in the high Arctic

Robin G. Stevens, Katharina Loewe, Christopher Dearden, Antonios Dimitrelos, Anna Possner, Gesa K. Eirund, Tomi Raatikainen, Adrian A. Hill, Benjamin J. Shipway, Jonathan Wilkinson, Sami Romakkaniemi, Juha Tonttila, Ari Laaksonen, Hannele Korhonen, Paul Connolly, Ulrike Lohmann, Corinna Hoose, Annica M. L. Ekman, Ken S. Carslaw, and Paul R. Field

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AR by Robin Stevens on behalf of the Authors (16 May 2018)  Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 May 2018) by Daniel J. Cziczo
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (14 Jun 2018)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (14 Jun 2018) by Daniel J. Cziczo
AR by Robin Stevens on behalf of the Authors (23 Jun 2018)
ED: Publish as is (26 Jun 2018) by Daniel J. Cziczo
AR by Robin Stevens on behalf of the Authors (06 Jul 2018)  Manuscript 
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We perform a model intercomparison of summertime high Arctic clouds. Observed concentrations of aerosol particles necessary for cloud formation fell to extremely low values, coincident with a transition from cloudy to nearly cloud-free conditions. Previous analyses have suggested that at these low concentrations, the radiative properties of the clouds are determined primarily by these particle concentrations. The model results strongly support this hypothesis.
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