An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin

Redemann, Jens; Wood, Robert; Zuidema, Paquita; Doherty, Sarah J.; Luna, Bernadette; LeBlanc, Samuel E.; Diamond, Michael S.; Shinozuka, Yohei; Chang, Ian Y.; Ueyama, Rei; Pfister, Leonhard; Ryoo, Ju-Mee; Dobracki, Amie N.; da Silva, Arlindo M.; Longo, Karla M.; Kacenelenbogen, Meloë S.; Flynn, Connor J.; Pistone, Kristina; Knox, Nichola M.; Piketh, Stuart J.; Haywood, James M.; Formenti, Paola; Mallet, Marc; Stier, Philip; Ackerman, Andrew S.; Bauer, Susanne E.; Fridlind, Ann M.; Carmichael, Gregory R.; Saide, Pablo E.; Ferrada, Gonzalo A.; Howell, Steven G.; Freitag, Steffen; Cairns, Brian; Holben, Brent N.; Knobelspiesse, Kirk D.; Tanelli, Simone; L'Ecuyer, Tristan S.; Dzambo, Andrew M.; Sy, Ousmane O.; McFarquhar, Greg M.; Poellot, Michael R.; Gupta, Siddhant; O'Brien, Joseph R.; Nenes, Athanasios; Kacarab, Mary; Wong, Jenny P. S.; Small-Griswold, Jennifer D.; Thornhill, Kenneth L.; Noone, David; Podolske, James R.; Schmidt, K. Sebastian; Pilewskie, Peter; Chen, Hong; Cochrane, Sabrina P.; Sedlacek, Arthur J.; Lang, Timothy J.; Stith, Eric; Segal-Rozenhaimer, Michal; Ferrare, Richard A.; Burton, Sharon P.; Hostetler, Chris A.; Diner, David J.; Seidel, Felix C.; Platnick, Steven E.; Myers, Jeffrey S.; Meyer, Kerry G.; Spangenberg, Douglas A.; Maring, Hal; Gao, Lan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1507-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 3

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 1507–1563, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1507-2021

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Special issue: New observations and related modelling studies of the aerosol–cloud–climate...

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 1507–1563, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1507-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 3

Research article 04 Feb 2021

Research article | 04 Feb 2021

An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin

Jens Redemann et al.

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RC1: 'Review', Armin Sorooshian, 30 Jun 2020
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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.