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Articles | Volume 24, issue 11
Articles | Volume 24, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6455-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6455-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 24, issue 11
Research article
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03 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2024

Aerosol-induced closure of marine cloud cells: enhanced effects in the presence of precipitation

Matthew W. Christensen, Peng Wu, Adam C. Varble, Heng Xiao, and Jerome D. Fast

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Clouds are essential to keep Earth cooler by reflecting sunlight back to space. We show that an increase in aerosol concentration suppresses precipitation in clouds, causing them to accumulate water and expand in a polluted environment with stronger turbulence and radiative cooling. This process enhances their reflectance by 51 %. It is therefore prudent to account for cloud fraction changes in assessments of aerosol–cloud interactions to improve predictions of climate change.
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