Aerosol characteristics in the entrainment interface layer in relation to the marine boundary layer and free troposphere

Dadashazar, Hossein; Braun, Rachel A.; Crosbie, Ewan; Chuang, Patrick Y.; Woods, Roy K.; Jonsson, Haflidi H.; Sorooshian, Armin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1495-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1495-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1495-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 3

Research article

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02 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 02 Feb 2018

Aerosol characteristics in the entrainment interface layer in relation to the marine boundary layer and free troposphere

Hossein Dadashazar, Rachel A. Braun, Ewan Crosbie, Patrick Y. Chuang, Roy K. Woods, Haflidi H. Jonsson, and Armin Sorooshian

Data sets

A Multi-Year Data Set on Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation-Meteorology Interactions for Marine Stratocumulus Clouds A. Sorooshian, A. B. MacDonald, H. Dadashazar, K. H. Bates, M. M. Coggon, J. S. Craven, E. Crosbie, S. P. Hersey, N. Hodas, J. J. Lin, A. N. Marty, L. C. Maudlin, A. R. Metcalf, S. M. Murphy, L.T. Padro, G. Prabhakar, T. A. Rissman, T. Shingler, V. Varutbangkul, Z. Wang, R. K. Woods, P. Y. Chuang, A. Nenes, H. H. Jonsson, R. C. Flagan, and J. H. Seinfeld https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5099983.v3

Short summary

This study shows with airborne data that in the thin layer above stratocumulus clouds, the entrainment interface layer (EIL), aerosol size distributions are influenced both by new particle formation and by pollutants above and below the EIL. These results are important with regard to understanding aerosol–cloud–climate interactions as the aerosol in this layer can influence the characteristics of stratocumulus clouds, which are the dominant cloud type by global area.