Articles | Volume 22, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5743-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5743-2022
Research article
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03 May 2022
Research article |  | 03 May 2022

Stability-dependent increases in liquid water with droplet number in the Arctic

Rebecca J. Murray-Watson and Edward Gryspeerdt

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on acp-2021-861', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Nov 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on acp-2021-861', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Nov 2021
  • RC3: 'Comment on acp-2021-861', Anonymous Referee #3, 02 Dec 2021
  • AC1: 'Response to reviewers', Rebecca Murray-Watson, 17 Feb 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Rebecca Murray-Watson on behalf of the Authors (17 Feb 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Feb 2022) by Hailong Wang
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 Feb 2022)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (01 Mar 2022)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Mar 2022)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Mar 2022) by Hailong Wang
AR by Rebecca Murray-Watson on behalf of the Authors (22 Mar 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (25 Mar 2022) by Hailong Wang
AR by Rebecca Murray-Watson on behalf of the Authors (30 Mar 2022)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
Clouds are important to the Arctic surface energy budget, but the impact of aerosols on their properties is largely uncertain. This work shows that the response of liquid water path to cloud droplet number increases is strongly dependent on lower tropospheric stability (LTS), with weaker cooling effects in polluted clouds and at high LTS. LTS is projected to decrease in a warmer Arctic, reducing the cooling effect of aerosols and producing a positive, aerosol-dependent cloud feedback.
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