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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1507-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1507-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Robert Wood
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Paquita Zuidema
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Sarah J. Doherty
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Bernadette Luna
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Samuel E. LeBlanc
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Michael S. Diamond
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Yohei Shinozuka
Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA
Ian Y. Chang
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Rei Ueyama
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Leonhard Pfister
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Ju-Mee Ryoo
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Science and Technology Corporation, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Amie N. Dobracki
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Arlindo M. da Silva
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Karla M. Longo
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA
Meloë S. Kacenelenbogen
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Connor J. Flynn
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Kristina Pistone
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Nichola M. Knox
Department of Geo-Spatial Sciences and Technology, Namibia University
of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia
Stuart J. Piketh
Unit for Environmental Science and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, North-West, South Africa
James M. Haywood
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Science, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK
Paola Formenti
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques
(LISA), UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris-Est-Créteil, Université
de Paris, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
Marc Mallet
Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques,
Météo-France-CNRS, Toulouse, France
Philip Stier
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of Physics,
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Andrew S. Ackerman
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Susanne E. Bauer
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Ann M. Fridlind
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Gregory R. Carmichael
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Pablo E. Saide
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA,
USA
Institute of the
Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA,
USA
Gonzalo A. Ferrada
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Steven G. Howell
Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Honolulu,
HI, USA
Steffen Freitag
Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Honolulu,
HI, USA
Brian Cairns
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Brent N. Holben
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Kirk D. Knobelspiesse
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Simone Tanelli
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Tristan S. L'Ecuyer
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Andrew M. Dzambo
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Ousmane O. Sy
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Greg M. McFarquhar
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)
and School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Michael R. Poellot
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
Siddhant Gupta
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Joseph R. O'Brien
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
Athanasios Nenes
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Greece
Mary Kacarab
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Jenny P. S. Wong
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University,
Sackville, Canada
Jennifer D. Small-Griswold
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa,
Honolulu, HI, USA
Kenneth L. Thornhill
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA
David Noone
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
James R. Podolske
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
K. Sebastian Schmidt
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Peter Pilewskie
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Hong Chen
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Sabrina P. Cochrane
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Arthur J. Sedlacek
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
Timothy J. Lang
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA
Eric Stith
National Suborbital Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Porter School of the
Environment and Earth Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Richard A. Ferrare
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Sharon P. Burton
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Chris A. Hostetler
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
David J. Diner
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Felix C. Seidel
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Steven E. Platnick
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Jeffrey S. Myers
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Kerry G. Meyer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Douglas A. Spangenberg
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA
Hal Maring
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., USA
Lan Gao
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Data sets
Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2018, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2018_V2
Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2017, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2017_V2
Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2016, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2016_V2
Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard ER2 During ORACLES 2016, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/ER2/2016_V2
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Southern Africa produces significant biomass burning emissions whose impacts on regional and global climate are poorly understood. ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) is a 5-year NASA investigation designed to study the key processes that determine these climate impacts. The main purpose of this paper is to familiarize the broader scientific community with the ORACLES project, the dataset it produced, and the most important initial findings.
Southern Africa produces significant biomass burning emissions whose impacts on regional and...
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