Remote sensing of droplet number concentration in warm clouds: A review of the current state of knowledge and perspectives

DP Grosvenor, O Sourdeval, P Zuidema… - Reviews of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The cloud droplet number concentration (N d) is of central interest to improve the
understanding of cloud physics and for quantifying the effective radiative forcing by aerosol …

An overview of current issues in the uptake of atmospheric trace gases by aerosols and clouds

CE Kolb, RA Cox, JPD Abbatt… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
A workshop was held in the framework of the ACCENT (Atmospheric Composition Change–
a European Network) Joint Research Programme on" Aerosols" and the Programme on" …

[HTML][HTML] Stratocumulus clouds

R Wood - Monthly Weather Review, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
Stratocumulus Clouds in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 140 Issue 8 (2012) Jump to
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Water droplet calibration of the Cloud Droplet Probe (CDP) and in-flight performance in liquid, ice and mixed-phase clouds during ARCPAC

S Lance, CA Brock, D Rogers… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - amt.copernicus.org
Laboratory calibrations of the Cloud Droplet Probe (CDP) sample area and droplet sizing
are performed using water droplets of known size, generated at a known rate. Although …

Indirect and semi-direct aerosol campaign: The impact of Arctic aerosols on clouds

GM McFarquhar, S Ghan, J Verlinde… - Bulletin of the …, 2011 - journals.ametsoc.org
A comprehensive dataset of microphysical and radiative properties of aerosols and clouds in
the boundary layer in the vicinity of Barrow, Alaska, was collected in April 2008 during the …

Droplet nucleation: Physically‐based parameterizations and comparative evaluation

SJ Ghan, H Abdul‐Razzak, A Nenes… - Journal of Advances …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
One of the greatest sources of uncertainty in simulations of climate and climate change is the
influence of aerosols on the optical properties of clouds. The root of this influence is the …

On the effect of dust particles on global cloud condensation nuclei and cloud droplet number

VA Karydis, P Kumar, D Barahona… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - ntrs.nasa.gov
Aerosol-cloud interaction studies to date consider aerosol with a substantial fraction of
soluble material as the sole source of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). Emerging evidence …

Physical science research needed to evaluate the viability and risks of marine cloud brightening

G Feingold, VP Ghate, LM Russell, P Blossey… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Marine cloud brightening (MCB) is the deliberate injection of aerosol particles into shallow
marine clouds to increase their reflection of solar radiation and reduce the amount of energy …

Biomass burning aerosol as a modulator of the droplet number in the southeast Atlantic region

M Kacarab, KL Thornhill, A Dobracki… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
The southeastern Atlantic (SEA) and its associated cloud deck, off the west coast of central
Africa, is an area where aerosol–cloud interactions can have a strong radiative impact …

International consortium for atmospheric research on transport and transformation (ICARTT): North America to Europe—Overview of the 2004 summer field study

FC Fehsenfeld, G Ancellet, TS Bates… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
In the summer of 2004 several separate field programs intensively studied the
photochemical, heterogeneous chemical and radiative environment of the troposphere over …