The transport history of African biomass burning aerosols arriving in the remote Southeast Atlantic and their impacts on cloud properties

Wu, Huihui; Peers, Fanny; Taylor, Jonathan W.; Yu, Chenjie; Abel, Steven J.; Barrett, Paul A.; Trembath, Jamie; Bower, Keith; Haywood, Jim M.; Coe, Hugh

doi:10.5194/acp-25-16589-2025

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The transport history of African biomass burning aerosols arriving in the remote Southeast Atlantic and their impacts on cloud properties

Huihui Wu, Fanny Peers, Jonathan W. Taylor, Chenjie Yu, Steven J. Abel, Paul A. Barrett, Jamie Trembath, Keith Bower, Jim M. Haywood, and Hugh Coe

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CLARIFY: in-situ airborne observations by the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft Huihui Wu et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17225248

CLARIFY: in-situ airborne observations by the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements et al. http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/38ab7089781a4560b067dd6c20af3769

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This study investigates the transport history of African Biomass-Burning aerosols (BBAs) over the Southeast Atlantic (SEA) and their impacts on cloud properties. Using in situ airborne measurements around Ascension Island, this work provides critical parameterizations of aerosol–cloud interactions to improve the assessment of radiative forcing in the SEA region. It also identifies key entrainment regions for understanding the vertical transport process of African BBAs.