Aerosol hygroscopicity over the southeast Atlantic Ocean during the biomass burning season – Part 1: From the perspective of scattering enhancement
Lu Zhang,Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer,Haochi Che,Caroline Dang,Junying Sun,Ye Kuang,Paola Formenti,and Steven G. Howell
Lu Zhang
Department of Geophysics, Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
Using airborne measurements over the southeast Atlantic Ocean, we examined how much moisture aerosols take up during Africa’s biomass burning season. Our study revealed the important role of organic aerosols and introduced a predictive model for moisture uptake, accounting for organics, sulfate, and black carbon, summarizing results from various campaigns. These findings improve our understanding of aerosol–moisture interactions and their radiative effects in this climatically critical region.
Using airborne measurements over the southeast Atlantic Ocean, we examined how much moisture...