Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
ACP
Articles | Volume 25, issue 20
Articles | Volume 25, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-13393-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-13393-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 20
Research article
 | 
22 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 22 Oct 2025

How well are aerosol–cloud interactions represented in climate models? – Part 2: Isolating the aerosol impact on clouds following the 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption

George Jordan, Florent Malavelle, Jim Haywood, Ying Chen, Ben Johnson, Daniel Partridge, Amy Peace, Eliza Duncan, Duncan Watson-Parris, David Neubauer, Anton Laakso, Martine Michou, and Pierre Nabat

Viewed

Total article views: 5,883 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
4,589 1,088 206 5,883 175 218
  • HTML: 4,589
  • PDF: 1,088
  • XML: 206
  • Total: 5,883
  • BibTeX: 175
  • EndNote: 218
Views and downloads (calculated since 04 Mar 2025)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 04 Mar 2025)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 5,883 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 5,773 with geography defined and 110 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Saved (final revised paper)

Latest update: 27 Aug 2026
Download
Short summary
The 2014–15 Holuhraun eruption created a vast aerosol plume that acted as a natural experiment to assess how well climate models capture changes in cloud properties due to increased aerosol. We find that climate models represent the observed shift to smaller, more numerous cloud droplets well. However, climate models diverge in their aerosol-induced changes to large-scale cloud properties, particularly cloud liquid water content. Our study shows that Holuhraun had a cooling effect on the Earth.
Read more
Share
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint