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A model intercomparison of CCN-limited tenuous clouds in the high Arctic
Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
now at: Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, Canada
Katharina Loewe
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Christopher Dearden
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
now at: the Centre of Excellence for Modelling the Atmosphere and Climate, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Antonios Dimitrelos
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Anna Possner
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland
Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, USA
Gesa K. Eirund
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland
Tomi Raatikainen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Adrian A. Hill
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Benjamin J. Shipway
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Jonathan Wilkinson
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Sami Romakkaniemi
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, Finland
Juha Tonttila
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, Finland
Ari Laaksonen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Hannele Korhonen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Paul Connolly
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Ulrike Lohmann
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland
Corinna Hoose
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Annica M. L. Ekman
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Ken S. Carslaw
Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Paul R. Field
Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Met Office, Exeter, UK
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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.
We perform a model intercomparison of summertime high Arctic clouds. Observed concentrations of...
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