Examination of aerosol indirect effects during cirrus cloud evolution

Maciel, Flor Vanessa; Diao, Minghui; Patnaude, Ryan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1103-2023

Articles | Volume 23, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1103-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1103-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 2

Research article

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23 Jan 2023

Research article |

| 23 Jan 2023

Examination of aerosol indirect effects during cirrus cloud evolution

Flor Vanessa Maciel, Minghui Diao, and Ryan Patnaude

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1103-2023-supplement

Data sets

Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data (NetCDF), Version 3.0 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5065/D6BC3WKB

Earth Observing Laboratory: Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data, Version 1.2 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5065/D6TX3CK0

Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data, Version 1.1 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5065/D65T3HWR

Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data, Version 2.0 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5065/D6NZ85Z4

Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data, Version 5.0 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5065/D6JW8C64

Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data, Version 5.0 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QF8R6R

Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data, Version 3.0 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5065/D6V40SK6

Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data, Version 3.0 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5065/D6CZ35HX

Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data, Version 2.0 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5065/D61R6NV5

Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data, Version 3.0 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5065/D6668BHR

NASA ATTREX flight campaign data archive NASA ESPO data archive https://espoarchive.nasa.gov/archive/browse/attrex

NASA MACPEX flight campaign data archive NASA ESPO data archive https://espoarchive.nasa.gov/archive/browse/macpex

NASA POSIDON flight campaign data archive NASA ESPO data archive https://espoarchive.nasa.gov/archive/browse/posidon

NASA DC3 flight campaign data archive NASA LaRC Airborne Science Data for Atmospheric Composition https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ArcView/dc3

NASA SEAC4RS flight campaign data archive NASA LaRC Airborne Science Data for Atmospheric Composition https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ArcView/seac4rs

Model code and software

NCAR CESM2/CAM6 climate model nudged simulations for seven NSF flight campaigns (i.e., START08, HIPPO, PREDICT, DC3, TORERO, CONTRAST, ORCAS) Ryan Patnaude, Flor Vanessa Maciel, and Minghui Diao https://doi.org/10.17632/99hdjty6sb.1

NCAR CESM2/CAM6 climate model nudged simulations for five NASA flight campaigns (i.e., NASA DC3, SEAC4RS, MACPEX, ATTREX, POSIDON) Ryan Patnaude, Flor Vanessa Maciel, and Minghui Diao https://doi.org/10.17632/fjw3zw2p6g.1

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Aerosol indirect effects on cirrus clouds are investigated during cirrus evolution, using global-scale in situ observations and climate model simulations. As cirrus evolves, the mechanisms to form ice crystals also change with time. Both small and large aerosols are found to affect cirrus properties. Southern Hemisphere cirrus appears to be more sensitive to additional aerosols. The climate model underestimates ice crystal mass, likely due to biases of relative humidity and vertical velocity.