Core and margin in warm convective clouds – Part 2: Aerosol effects on core properties

Heiblum, Reuven H.; Pinto, Lital; Altaratz, Orit; Dagan, Guy; Koren, Ilan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10739-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10739-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10739-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 16

Research article

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26 Aug 2019

Research article |

| 26 Aug 2019

Core and margin in warm convective clouds – Part 2: Aerosol effects on core properties

Reuven H. Heiblum, Lital Pinto, Orit Altaratz, Guy Dagan, and Ilan Koren

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RC1: 'Review of: “Core and margin in warm convective clouds: Part II: aerosol effects on core properties.”', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Oct 2018
RC2: 'review of the paper Core and margin in warm convective clouds. 1 Part II: aerosol effects on core properties” by Reuven H. Heiblum, Lital Pinto, Orit Altaratz, Guy Dagan, and Ilan Koren', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Mar 2019
AC1: 'Reply to reviewers + Track Changes', Ilan Koren, 07 Jun 2019
AC2: 'Revised Manuscript', Ilan Koren, 07 Jun 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Ilan Koren on behalf of the Authors (10 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Jul 2019) by Eric Jensen

AR by Ilan Koren on behalf of the Authors (03 Aug 2019)

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The effects of aerosol concentration on a cloud's partition to core and margin are examined. The main finding from Part I (i.e. B_core ⊆ RH_core ⊆ W_core) is seen for all aerosol concentrations. Clouds can produce positive buoyancy due to both saturated updrafts or unsaturated downdrafts; the latter are dependent on low aerosol concentrations. We show that a cloud's mass is mainly dependent on core processes (condensation), while its volume is mainly dependent on margin processes (evaporation).