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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8299-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8299-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
28 Jun 2022
Research article |
| 28 Jun 2022
| 28 Jun 2022
Seasonal updraft speeds change cloud droplet number concentrations in low-level clouds over the western North Atlantic
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
Christiane Voigt
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
Bruce Anderson
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Ramon Campos Braga
National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, 2450 Coffs Harbour, Australia
Gao Chen
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Andrea F. Corral
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Ewan Crosbie
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Hossein Dadashazar
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Richard A. Ferrare
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Valerian Hahn
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
Johannes Hendricks
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Stefan Kaufmann
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
Richard Moore
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Mira L. Pöhlker
Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics Department, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Claire Robinson
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Amy J. Scarino
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Dominik Schollmayer
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
Michael A. Shook
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
K. Lee Thornhill
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Edward Winstead
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Luke D. Ziemba
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Armin Sorooshian
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Data sets
Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment Data Armin Sorooshian https://doi.org/10.5067/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE/DATA001
Short summary
In this study we show that the vertical velocity dominantly impacts the cloud droplet number concentration (NC) of low-level clouds over the western North Atlantic in the winter and summer season, while the cloud condensation nuclei concentration, aerosol size distribution and chemical composition impact NC within a season. The observational data presented in this study can evaluate and improve the representation of aerosol–cloud interactions for a wide range of conditions.
In this study we show that the vertical velocity dominantly impacts the cloud droplet number...
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