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Research article
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25 May 2018
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| 25 May 2018
| 25 May 2018
Cloud droplet size distribution broadening during diffusional growth: ripening amplified by deactivation and reactivation
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
Pavlos Kollias
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Raymond A. Shaw
Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
Andrew M. Vogelmann
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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Short summary
Cloud droplet size distribution (CDSD), which is related to cloud albedo and lifetime, is usually observed broader than predicted from adiabatic parcel calculations. Results in this study show that the CDSD can be broadened during condensational growth as a result of Ostwald ripening amplified by droplet deactivation and reactivation. Our results suggest that it is important to consider both curvature and solute effects before and after cloud droplet activation in a 3-D cloud model.
Cloud droplet size distribution (CDSD), which is related to cloud albedo and lifetime, is...
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