Classification of aerosol population type and cloud condensation nuclei properties in a coastal California littoral environment using an unsupervised cluster model

Atwood, Samuel A.; Kreidenweis, Sonia M.; DeMott, Paul J.; Petters, Markus D.; Cornwell, Gavin C.; Martin, Andrew C.; Moore, Kathryn A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6931-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 10

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 6931–6947, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6931-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Special issue: Holistic Analysis of Aerosol in Littoral Environments - A...

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 6931–6947, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6931-2019

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

Articles | Volume 19, issue 10

Research article 23 May 2019

Research article | 23 May 2019

Classification of aerosol population type and cloud condensation nuclei properties in a coastal California littoral environment using an unsupervised cluster model

Samuel A. Atwood et al.

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RC1: 'Review of "Classification of aerosol population type and cloud condensation nuclei properties in a coastal California littoral environment using an unsupervised cluster model', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Feb 2019
RC2: 'Review of “Classification of aerosol population type and cloud condensation nuclei properties in a coastal California littoral environment using and unsupervised cluster model” by Atwood et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Feb 2019
AC1: 'Author response to comments', Samuel Atwood, 26 Mar 2019

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ED: Publish as is (25 Apr 2019) by S. D. Miller

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This paper presents measurements of aerosol particles at a coastal location. The particles were classified into distinct aerosol types using both microphysical measurements and meteorological information, allowing rapid changes between the aerosol types to be reliably identified. These particles can alter cloud and precipitation processes, and inclusion of the differences between types can improve atmospheric models and remote sensing retrievals in littoral zones.