Estimation of cloud condensation nuclei number concentrations and comparison to in situ and lidar observations during the HOPE experiments

Genz, Christa; Schrödner, Roland; Heinold, Bernd; Henning, Silvia; Baars, Holger; Spindler, Gerald; Tegen, Ina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8787-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8787-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8787-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 14

Research article

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24 Jul 2020

Research article |

| 24 Jul 2020

Estimation of cloud condensation nuclei number concentrations and comparison to in situ and lidar observations during the HOPE experiments

Christa Genz, Roland Schrödner, Bernd Heinold, Silvia Henning, Holger Baars, Gerald Spindler, and Ina Tegen

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

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'Answers to Anonymous Referee #1', Christa Genz, 23 Dec 2019
RC2: 'Review of acp-2019-742', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Oct 2019
- AC2: 'Answers to Anonymous Referee #2', Christa Genz, 23 Dec 2019

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

AR by Christa Genz on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Feb 2020) by Markus Petters

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Mar 2020)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (27 Apr 2020) by Markus Petters

AR by Christa Genz on behalf of the Authors (08 Jun 2020) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Jun 2020) by Markus Petters

AR by Christa Genz on behalf of the Authors (17 Jun 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Atmospheric aerosols are the precondition for the formation of cloud droplets and thus have a large influence on cloud properties. Concentrations of cloud condensation nuclei of the period with highest aerosol concentrations over central Europe are uncertain. In this work, modeled estimates of CCN from today and the mid-1980s are compared to available in situ and remote sensing observations. A scaling factor between today and the 1980s for the CCN concentrations has been derived.