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Articles | Volume 21, issue 14
Articles | Volume 21, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11179-2021
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 14
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23 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 23 Jul 2021

Sunlight-absorbing aerosol amplifies the seasonal cycle in low-cloud fraction over the southeast Atlantic

Jianhao Zhang and Paquita Zuidema

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The subtropical Atlantic hosts one of the planet's largest marine low cloud decks and interacts with biomass burning aerosol from approximately July through October. This study clarifies how the monthly evolution in meteorology and the biomass burning aerosol vertical structure affects the seasonal cycle in its low cloud fraction, such that the July–October evolution in low cloud cover and morphology are reinforced, when compared to scenarios with less aerosol present.
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