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Research article
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05 Sep 2024
Research article |
| 05 Sep 2024
| 05 Sep 2024
Drivers of droplet formation in east Mediterranean orographic clouds
Romanos Foskinis
Laser Remote Sensing Unit (LRSU), Physics Department, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografou, Greece
Center for Studies of Air Quality and Climate Change, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, 26504 Patras, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol technology for atmospheric & Climate impacT Lab (ENRACT), Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology, Energy and Safety, National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, Greece
Ghislain Motos
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Maria I. Gini
Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol technology for atmospheric & Climate impacT Lab (ENRACT), Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology, Energy and Safety, National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, Greece
Olga Zografou
Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol technology for atmospheric & Climate impacT Lab (ENRACT), Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology, Energy and Safety, National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, Greece
Kunfeng Gao
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Stergios Vratolis
Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol technology for atmospheric & Climate impacT Lab (ENRACT), Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology, Energy and Safety, National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Granakis
Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol technology for atmospheric & Climate impacT Lab (ENRACT), Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology, Energy and Safety, National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, Greece
Climate and Climatic Change Group, Section of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Ville Vakkari
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00101, Finland
Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group, Chemical Resource Beneficiation, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Kalliopi Violaki
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Andreas Aktypis
Center for Studies of Air Quality and Climate Change, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, 26504 Patras, Greece
Christos Kaltsonoudis
Center for Studies of Air Quality and Climate Change, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, 26504 Patras, Greece
Zongbo Shi
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institutes of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
Mika Komppula
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, 70211, Finland
Spyros N. Pandis
Center for Studies of Air Quality and Climate Change, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, 26504 Patras, Greece
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol technology for atmospheric & Climate impacT Lab (ENRACT), Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology, Energy and Safety, National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, Greece
Alexandros Papayannis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laser Remote Sensing Unit (LRSU), Physics Department, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografou, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Athanasios Nenes
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center for Studies of Air Quality and Climate Change, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, 26504 Patras, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Data sets
Dataset for the publication Drivers of Droplet Formation in East Mediterranean Orographic Clouds Romanos Foskinis et al. https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.537
Short summary
Analysis of modeling, in situ, and remote sensing measurements reveals the microphysical state of orographic clouds and their response to aerosol from the boundary layer and free troposphere. We show that cloud response to aerosol is robust, as predicted supersaturation and cloud droplet number levels agree with those determined from in-cloud measurements. The ability to determine if clouds are velocity- or aerosol-limited allows for novel model constraints and remote sensing products.
Analysis of modeling, in situ, and remote sensing measurements reveals the microphysical state...
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