Articles | Volume 25, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-8743-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-8743-2025
Research article
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12 Aug 2025
Research article |  | 12 Aug 2025

Building a comprehensive library of observed Lagrangian trajectories for testing modeled cloud evolution, aerosol–cloud interactions, and marine cloud brightening

Ehsan Erfani, Robert Wood, Peter Blossey, Sarah J. Doherty, and Ryan Eastman

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3232', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Nov 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Ehsan Erfani, 01 Apr 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3232', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Feb 2025
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Ehsan Erfani, 01 Apr 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Ehsan Erfani on behalf of the Authors (01 Apr 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Apr 2025) by Minghuai Wang
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (07 May 2025)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (22 May 2025)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (01 Jun 2025) by Minghuai Wang
AR by Ehsan Erfani on behalf of the Authors (04 Jun 2025)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
In this study, we explore how marine clouds interact with aerosols. We introduce a novel approach to identify a reduced number of representative cases from a wide array of observed environmental conditions prevalent in the Northeast Pacific. We create over 2200 trajectories from observations and use cloud-resolving simulations to investigate how marine low clouds evolve in two different cases. It is shown that aerosols can delay cloud breakup, but their impact depends on precipitation.
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