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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12543-2021
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Research article
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23 Aug 2021
Research article |
| 23 Aug 2021
| 23 Aug 2021
Analysis of aerosol–cloud interactions and their implications for precipitation formation using aircraft observations over the United Arab Emirates
National Center of Meteorology, Abu Dhabi 4815, United Arab Emirates
Sarah A. Tessendorf
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA
Courtney Weeks
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA
Roelof Bruintjes
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA
Lulin Xue
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA
Roy Rasmussen
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA
Paul Lawson
Stratton Park Engineering Company, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Sarah Woods
Stratton Park Engineering Company, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Marouane Temimi
Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering, Stevens
Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
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Short summary
The role of dust aerosols as ice-nucleating particles is well established in the literature, whereas their role as cloud condensation nuclei is less understood, particularly in polluted desert environments. We analyze coincident aerosol size distributions and cloud particle imagery collected over the UAE with a research aircraft. Despite the presence of ultra-giant aerosol sizes associated with dust, an active collision–coalescence process is not observed within the limited depths of warm cloud.
The role of dust aerosols as ice-nucleating particles is well established in the literature,...
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