Articles | Volume 25, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12335-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12335-2025
Research article
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08 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 08 Oct 2025

Observed impacts of aerosol concentration on maritime tropical convection within constrained environments using airborne radiometer, radar, lidar, and dropsondes

Corey G. Amiot, Timothy J. Lang, Susan C. van den Heever, Richard A. Ferrare, Ousmane O. Sy, Lawrence D. Carey, Sundar A. Christopher, John R. Mecikalski, Sean W. Freeman, George Alexander Sokolowsky, Chris A. Hostetler, and Simone Tanelli

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Joint data repository --CAMP2Ex, PISTON A. Aknan and G. Chen https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/camp2ex/index.html

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Decoupling aerosol and environmental impacts on convection is challenging. Using airborne data, we correlated convective metrics with aerosol concentrations in several different environments. Results were mixed, but some comparisons suggest that medium-to-high aerosol concentrations were occasionally strongly correlated with convective intensity and prevalence, especially when the atmosphere was relatively unstable. It is important to consider storm environment when evaluating aerosol effects.
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