Articles | Volume 25, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-13747-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-13747-2025
Research article
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27 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 27 Oct 2025

Aerosol effective radius governs the relationship between cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentration and aerosol backscatter

Emily Lenhardt, Lan Gao, Chris A. Hostetler, Richard A. Ferrare, Sharon P. Burton, Richard H. Moore, Luke D. Ziemba, Ewan Crosbie, Armin Sorooshian, Cassidy Soloff, and Jens Redemann

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Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment Data ACTIVATE Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE/DATA001

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Small particles that form cloud droplets greatly impact Earth's climate but are very difficult to measure. If we can measure them using satellite-based instruments, we greatly increase the amount of available data on their concentrations. In this study, we find that including information about particle size is most important to measure them accurately from such satellite-based instruments. This can inform future studies on how to obtain more accurate information about small particles.
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