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Deconvolution of boundary layer depth and aerosol constraints on cloud water path in subtropical stratocumulus decks
Anna Possner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Ryan Eastman
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Frida Bender
Department of Meteorology and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Franziska Glassmeier
Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Short summary
Cloud water content and the number of droplets inside clouds covary with boundary layer depth. This covariation may amplify the change in water content due to a change in droplet number inferred from long-term observations. Taking this into account shows that the change in water content for increased droplet number in observations and high-resolution simulations agrees in shallow boundary layers. Meanwhile, deep boundary layers are under-sampled in process-scale simulations and observations.
Cloud water content and the number of droplets inside clouds covary with boundary layer depth....
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