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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17513-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17513-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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02 Dec 2021
Research article |
| 02 Dec 2021
| 02 Dec 2021
Cloud droplet formation at the base of tropical convective clouds: closure between modeling and measurement results of ACRIDICON–CHUVA
Ramon Campos Braga
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Daniel Rosenfeld
Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401 Jerusalem, Israel
Meinrat O. Andreae
Biogeochemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Jan-David Förster
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Daniel Fütterer
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Lianet Hernández Pardo
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Bruna A. Holanda
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Tina Jurkat-Witschas
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Ovid O. Krüger
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Oliver Lauer
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Luiz A. T. Machado
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), 12227-010 São José Dos Campos, Brazil
Christopher Pöhlker
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Daniel Sauer
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Christiane Voigt
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Adrian Walser
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Manfred Wendisch
Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Ulrich Pöschl
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Mira L. Pöhlker
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics Department, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
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Short summary
Interactions of aerosol particles with clouds represent a large uncertainty in estimates of climate change. Properties of aerosol particles control their ability to act as cloud condensation nuclei. Using aerosol measurements in the Amazon, we performed model studies to compare predicted and measured cloud droplet number concentrations at cloud bases. Our results confirm previous estimates of particle hygroscopicity in this region.
Interactions of aerosol particles with clouds represent a large uncertainty in estimates of...
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