Sea surface microlayers: A unified physicochemical and biological perspective of the air–ocean interface

M Cunliffe, A Engel, S Frka, B Gašparović… - Progress in …, 2013 - Elsevier
The sea surface microlayer (SML) covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface and is the
boundary layer interface between the ocean and the atmosphere. This important …

Processes controlling the composition and abundance of Arctic aerosol

MD Willis, WR Leaitch, JPD Abbatt - Reviews of Geophysics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic region is a harbinger of global change and is warming at a rate higher than the
global average. While Arctic warming is driven by increases in anthropogenic greenhouse …

Surface tension prevails over solute effect in organic-influenced cloud droplet activation

J Ovadnevaite, A Zuend, A Laaksonen, KJ Sanchez… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The spontaneous growth of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) into cloud droplets under
supersaturated water vapour conditions is described by classic Köhler theory,. This …

Sea spray aerosol chemical composition: elemental and molecular mimics for laboratory studies of heterogeneous and multiphase reactions

TH Bertram, RE Cochran, VH Grassian… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Sea spray aerosol particles (SSA), formed through wave breaking at the ocean surface,
contribute to natural aerosol particle concentrations in remote regions of Earth's atmosphere …

The physical and chemical characteristics of marine primary organic aerosol: a review

B Gantt, N Meskhidze - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
Knowledge of the physical characteristics and chemical composition of marine organic
aerosols is needed for the quantification of their effects on solar radiation transfer and cloud …

Natural aerosols explain seasonal and spatial patterns of Southern Ocean cloud albedo

DT McCoy, SM Burrows, R Wood, DP Grosvenor… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Atmospheric aerosols, suspended solid and liquid particles, act as nucleation sites for cloud
drop formation, affecting clouds and cloud properties—ultimately influencing the cloud …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term cloud condensation nuclei number concentration, particle number size distribution and chemical composition measurements at regionally …

J Schmale, S Henning, S Decesari… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Aerosol–cloud interactions (ACI) constitute the single largest uncertainty in anthropogenic
radiative forcing. To reduce the uncertainties and gain more confidence in the simulation of …

[HTML][HTML] The arctic summer cloud ocean study (ASCOS): Overview and experimental design

M Tjernström, C Leck, CE Birch… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
The climate in the Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on earth. Poorly understood
feedback processes relating to Arctic clouds and aerosol–cloud interactions contribute to a …

Marine aerosols and clouds

SD Brooks, DCO Thornton - Annual review of marine science, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The role of marine bioaerosols in cloud formation and climate is currently so uncertain that
even the sign of the climate forcing is unclear. Marine aerosols form through direct …

Growth of nucleation mode particles in the summertime Arctic: a case study

MD Willis, J Burkart, JL Thomas… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The summertime Arctic lower troposphere is a relatively pristine background aerosol
environment dominated by nucleation and Aitken mode particles. Understanding the …