Processes controlling the vertical aerosol distribution  in marine stratocumulus regions – a sensitivity  study using the climate model NorESM1-M

Frey, Lena; Bender, Frida A.-M.; Svensson, Gunilla

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-577-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-577-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-577-2021

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

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

Research article

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15 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 15 Jan 2021

Processes controlling the vertical aerosol distribution in marine stratocumulus regions – a sensitivity study using the climate model NorESM1-M

Lena Frey, Frida A.-M. Bender, and Gunilla Svensson

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'Response review #2', Lena Frey, 05 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Review of ``Investigating processes that control the vertical distribution of aerosol in five subtropical marine stratocumulus regions -- A sensitivity study using the climate model NorESM1-M`` by Lena Frey et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Response review #1', Lena Frey, 04 Nov 2020

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Nov 2020) by Rolf Müller

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (24 Nov 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 Nov 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (01 Dec 2020) by Rolf Müller

Short summary

We investigate the vertical distribution of aerosol in the climate model NorESM1-M in five regions of marine stratocumulus clouds. We thereby analyze the total aerosol extinction to facilitate a comparison with satellite data. We find that the model underestimates aerosol extinction throughout the troposphere, especially elevated aerosol layers. Further, we perform sensitivity experiments to identify the processes most important for vertical aerosol distribution in our model.