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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4085-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4085-2020
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Research article
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06 Apr 2020
Research article |
| 06 Apr 2020
| 06 Apr 2020
Untangling causality in midlatitude aerosol–cloud adjustments
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
now at: Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
Paul Field
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Met Office, Fitzroy Rd, Exeter, UK
Hamish Gordon
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Engineering Research Accelerator, Carnegie Mellon University, Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Gregory S. Elsaesser
Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space
Studies, New York, NY, USA
Daniel P. Grosvenor
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Leeds, UK
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Latest update: 29 Jun 2024
Short summary
Incomplete understanding of how aerosol affects clouds degrades our ability to predict future climate. In particular, it is unclear how aerosol affects the lifetime of clouds. Does it increase or decrease it? This confusion is partially because causality flows from aerosol to clouds and clouds to aerosol, and it is hard to tell what is happening in observations. Here, we use simulations to tell us about how clouds affect aerosol and use this to interpret observations, showing increased lifetime.
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