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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10993-2021
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Research article
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20 Jul 2021
Research article |
| 20 Jul 2021
| 20 Jul 2021
On the drivers of droplet variability in alpine mixed-phase clouds
Paraskevi Georgakaki
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of
Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
Aikaterini Bougiatioti
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development,
National Observatory of Athens, P. Penteli 15236, Greece
Jörg Wieder
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
Claudia Mignani
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel
4056, Switzerland
Fabiola Ramelli
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
Zamin A. Kanji
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
Jan Henneberger
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
Maxime Hervo
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, Payerne
1530, Switzerland
Alexis Berne
Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory, School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
Ulrike Lohmann
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8092, Switzerland
Athanasios Nenes
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of
Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
Center for Studies of Air Quality and Climate Change, Institute of
Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Patras 26504, Greece
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Short summary
Aerosol and cloud observations coupled with a droplet activation parameterization was used to investigate the aerosol–cloud droplet link in alpine mixed-phase clouds. Predicted droplet number, Nd, agrees with observations and never exceeds a characteristic “limiting droplet number”, Ndlim, which depends solely on σw. Nd becomes velocity limited when it is within 50 % of Ndlim. Identifying when dynamical changes control Nd variability is central for understanding aerosol–cloud interactions.
Aerosol and cloud observations coupled with a droplet activation parameterization was used to...
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