[HTML][HTML] The classification of atmospheric hydrometeors and aerosols from the EarthCARE radar and lidar: the A-TC, C-TC and AC-TC products

A Irbah, J Delanoë, GJ van Zadelhoff… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
The EarthCARE mission aims to probe the Earth's atmosphere by measuring cloud and
aerosol profiles using its active instruments, the Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) and …

Stratocumulus adjustments to aerosol perturbations disentangled with a causal approach

E Fons, J Runge, D Neubauer… - npj Climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
A large fraction of the uncertainty around future global warming is due to the cooling effect of
aerosol-liquid cloud interactions, and in particular to the elusive sign of liquid water path …

Investigating the sign of stratocumulus adjustments to aerosols in the ICON global storm-resolving model

E Fons, AK Naumann, D Neubauer… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Aerosols can cause brightening of stratocumulus clouds, thereby cooling the climate.
Observations and models disagree on the magnitude of this cooling, partly because of the …

[HTML][HTML] Surface-based observations of cold-air outbreak clouds during the COMBLE field campaign

Z Mages, P Kollias, Z Zhu… - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Cold-air outbreaks (CAOs) are characterized by extreme air–sea energy exchanges and low-
level convective clouds over large areas in the high-latitude oceans. As such, CAOs are an …

Peering into Cloud Physics Using Ultra-Fine-Resolution Radar and Lidar Systems

Z Zhu, F Yang, P Kollias, K Lamer… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Cloud microphysical processes, such as droplet activation, condensational growth, and
collisional growth, play a central role in the evolution of clouds and precipitation. Accurate …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of small drizzle droplets in a large cloud chamber using ultrahigh-resolution radar

Z Zhu, F Yang, P Kollias, RA Shaw… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - amt.copernicus.org
A large convection–cloud chamber has the potential to produce drizzle-sized droplets, thus
offering a new opportunity to investigate aerosol–cloud–drizzle interactions at a fundamental …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of four ground-based retrievals of cloud droplet number concentration in marine stratocumulus with aircraft in situ measurements

D Zhang, AM Vogelmann, F Yang… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
Cloud droplet number concentration (N d) is crucial for understanding aerosol–cloud
interactions (ACI) and associated radiative effects. We present evaluations of four ground …

Surface‐atmosphere decoupling prolongs cloud lifetime under warm advection due to reduced entrainment drying

H Zhang, Y Zheng, SS Lee, Z Li - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
An initially well‐mixed stratocumulus deck can remain overcast for several tens of hours
under warm‐advection conditions, although moisture supply is cut off from the ocean due to …

THz radar observations of hydrometeors in a spray chamber

Z Zhu, F Yang, E Luke, E Rosky… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A THz radar, with its wide bandwidth, is capable of high‐resolution imaging down to the
centimeter scale. In this study, a THz radar is applied to detect hydrometeors generated in a …

[HTML][HTML] Particle inertial effects on radar Doppler spectra simulation

Z Zhu, P Kollias, F Yang - Atmospheric Measurement …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
Radar Doppler spectra observations provide a wealth of information about cloud and
precipitation microphysics and dynamics. The interpretation of these measurements …