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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-6225-2020
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Quantifying cloud adjustments and the radiative forcing due to aerosol–cloud interactions in satellite observations of warm marine clouds
University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI, USA
Tristan L'Ecuyer
University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI, USA
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological and Satellite Studies, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI, USA
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Aerosols, or small, suspended droplets in the atmosphere, are released from anthropogenic activity and interact with warm clouds, leading to changes in the clouds' brightness and size. Our study evaluates how aerosols alter warm clouds and their ability to cool the Earth's surface. We find aerosols make clouds brighter and grow larger in the atmosphere; however, the cooling effect due to whiter, brighter clouds is 5 times the cooling due to an increased extent.
Aerosols, or small, suspended droplets in the atmosphere, are released from anthropogenic...
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