Droplet inhomogeneity in shallow cumuli: the effects of in-cloud location and aerosol number concentration

Dodson, Dillon S.; Small Griswold, Jennifer D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7297-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 11

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 7297–7317, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7297-2019

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

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 7297–7317, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7297-2019

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

Articles | Volume 19, issue 11

Research article 04 Jun 2019

Research article | 04 Jun 2019

Droplet inhomogeneity in shallow cumuli: the effects of in-cloud location and aerosol number concentration

Dillon S. Dodson and Jennifer D. Small Griswold

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Preprint (discussion started on 22 Aug 2018)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of "Droplet Clustering in Shallow Cumuli: The Effects of In–Cloud Location and Aerosol Number Concentration" by Dillon S. Dodson and Jennifer D. Small Griswold', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to RC #1 comments.', Dillon Dodson, 23 Feb 2019
RC2: 'Review of “Droplet clustering in shallow cumuli: The effects of in-cloud location and aerosol number concentration” by Dodson and Small-Griswold', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to RC #2 Comments', Dillon Dodson, 23 Feb 2019

Peer-review completion

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

AR by Dillon Dodson on behalf of the Authors (23 Feb 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Feb 2019) by Armin Sorooshian

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (12 Mar 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (13 Mar 2019)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (14 Mar 2019) by Armin Sorooshian

AR by Dillon Dodson on behalf of the Authors (12 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Apr 2019) by Armin Sorooshian

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 May 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 May 2019) by Armin Sorooshian

AR by Dillon Dodson on behalf of the Authors (07 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 May 2019) by Armin Sorooshian

Short summary

This work looks at how the amount of aerosols contained in cloud affects the spatial orientation of the cloud droplets. Droplet orientation is important because it can lead to changes in the amount of time it takes precipitation to form. The results show that the aerosol amount does not have any effect on the droplet orientation. It is found however that the droplets are spaced closer together (there is increased droplet clustering) at cloud edge and top, as compared to center and bottom.