Controls on surface aerosol particle number concentrations and aerosol-limited cloud regimes over the central Greenland Ice Sheet

Guy, Heather; Brooks, Ian M.; Carslaw, Ken S.; Murray, Benjamin J.; Walden, Von P.; Shupe, Matthew D.; Pettersen, Claire; Turner, David D.; Cox, Christopher J.; Neff, William D.; Bennartz, Ralf; Neely III, Ryan R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15351-2021

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Controls on surface aerosol particle number concentrations and aerosol-limited cloud regimes over the central Greenland Ice Sheet

Heather Guy, Ian M. Brooks, Ken S. Carslaw, Benjamin J. Murray, Von P. Walden, Matthew D. Shupe, Claire Pettersen, David D. Turner, Christopher J. Cox, William D. Neff, Ralf Bennartz, and Ryan R. Neely III

Heather Guy

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

heather.guy@ncas.ac.uk

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3525-0766

National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Leeds, UK

School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Ian M. Brooks

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-1322

School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Ken S. Carslaw

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6800-154X

School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Benjamin J. Murray

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8198-8131

School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Von P. Walden

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3857-4416

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

Matthew D. Shupe

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0973-9982

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

Physical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA

Claire Pettersen

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8685-6242

Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA

David D. Turner

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-897X

Global Systems Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA

Christopher J. Cox

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2203-7173

Physical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA

William D. Neff

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

Physical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA

Ralf Bennartz

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7133-9659

Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA

Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Ryan R. Neely III

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4560-4812

National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Leeds, UK

School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

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We present the first full year of surface aerosol number concentration measurements from the central Greenland Ice Sheet. Aerosol concentrations here have a distinct seasonal cycle from those at lower-altitude Arctic sites, which is driven by large-scale atmospheric circulation. Our results can be used to help understand the role aerosols might play in Greenland surface melt through the modification of cloud properties. This is crucial in a rapidly changing region where observations are sparse.

We present the first full year of surface aerosol number concentration measurements from the...

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