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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6093-2021
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Observing the timescales of aerosol–cloud interactions in snapshot satellite images
Edward Gryspeerdt
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Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, Imperial College London, London, UK
Tom Goren
Institute for Meteorology, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Tristan W. P. Smith
UCL Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK
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Short summary
Cloud responses to aerosol are time-sensitive, but this development is rarely observed. This study uses isolated aerosol perturbations from ships to measure this development and shows that macrophysical (width, cloud fraction, detectability) and microphysical (droplet number) properties of ship tracks vary strongly with time since emission, background cloud and meteorological state. This temporal development should be considered when constraining aerosol–cloud interactions with observations.
Cloud responses to aerosol are time-sensitive, but this development is rarely observed. This...
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