Daytime aerosol optical depth above low-level clouds is similar to that in adjacent clear skies at the same heights: airborne observation above the southeast Atlantic

Shinozuka, Yohei; Kacenelenbogen, Meloë S.; Burton, Sharon P.; Howell, Steven G.; Zuidema, Paquita; Ferrare, Richard A.; LeBlanc, Samuel E.; Pistone, Kristina; Broccardo, Stephen; Redemann, Jens; Schmidt, K. Sebastian; Cochrane, Sabrina P.; Fenn, Marta; Freitag, Steffen; Dobracki, Amie; Segal-Rosenheimer, Michal; Flynn, Connor J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11275-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11275-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11275-2020

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02 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 02 Oct 2020

Daytime aerosol optical depth above low-level clouds is similar to that in adjacent clear skies at the same heights: airborne observation above the southeast Atlantic

Yohei Shinozuka, Meloë S. Kacenelenbogen, Sharon P. Burton, Steven G. Howell, Paquita Zuidema, Richard A. Ferrare, Samuel E. LeBlanc, Kristina Pistone, Stephen Broccardo, Jens Redemann, K. Sebastian Schmidt, Sabrina P. Cochrane, Marta Fenn, Steffen Freitag, Amie Dobracki, Michal Segal-Rosenheimer, and Connor J. Flynn

Data sets

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard ER2 During ORACLES 2016, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/ER2/2016_V2

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2017, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2017_V2

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2018, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2018_V2

Short summary

To help satellite retrieval of aerosols and studies of their radiative effects, we demonstrate...