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Environmental effects on aerosol–cloud interaction in non-precipitating marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds over the eastern North Atlantic
Xiaojian Zheng
Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Xiquan Dong
Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Timothy Logan
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Yuan Wang
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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This study uses ground-based observations to investigate the physical processes in the aerosol–cloud interactions in non-precipitating marine boundary layer clouds, over the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Results show that the cloud responses to the aerosols are diminished with limited water vapor supply, while they are enhanced with increasing water vapor availability. The clouds are found to be most sensitive to the aerosols under sufficient water vapor and strong boundary layer turbulence.
This study uses ground-based observations to investigate the physical processes in the...
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