[HTML][HTML] Spatially coordinated airborne data and complementary products for aerosol, gas, cloud, and meteorological studies: the NASA ACTIVATE dataset

A Sorooshian, MD Alexandrov, AD Bell… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Abstract The NASA Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic
Experiment (ACTIVATE) produced a unique dataset for research into aerosol–cloud …

Untangling the influence of Antarctic and Southern Ocean life on clouds

MD Mallet, RS Humphries, SL Fiddes… - Elem Sci …, 2023 - online.ucpress.edu
Polar environments are among the fastest changing regions on the planet. It is a crucial time
to make significant improvements in our understanding of how ocean and ice …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal updraft speeds change cloud droplet number concentrations in low-level clouds over the western North Atlantic

S Kirschler, C Voigt, B Anderson… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
To determine the impact of dynamic and aerosol processes on marine low clouds, we
examine the seasonal impact of updraft speed w and cloud condensation nuclei …

Microphysical Evolution in Mixed-Phase Midlatitude Marine Cold-Air Outbreaks

S Chellappan, P Zuidema, S Kirschler… - Journal of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Five cold-air outbreaks are investigated with aircraft offshore of continental northeast
America. Flight paths aligned with the cloud-layer flow from January through March span …

Dilution of boundary layer cloud condensation nucleus concentrations by free tropospheric entrainment during marine cold air outbreaks

F Tornow, AS Ackerman, AM Fridlind… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent aircraft measurements over the northwest Atlantic enable an investigation of how
entrainment from the free troposphere (FT) impacts cloud condensation nucleus (CCN) …

Investigating the development of clouds within marine cold-air outbreaks

RJ Murray-Watson, E Gryspeerdt… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Marine cold-air outbreaks are important parts of the high-latitude climate system and are
characterised by strong surface fluxes generated by the air–sea temperature gradient …

Overview and statistical analysis of boundary layer clouds and precipitation over the western North Atlantic Ocean

S Kirschler, C Voigt, BE Anderson… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Due to their fast evolution and large natural variability in macro-and microphysical
properties, the accurate representation of boundary layer clouds in current climate models …

A comprehensive analysis of new particle formation across the northwest Atlantic: Analysis of ACTIVATE airborne data

S Namdari, T Ajayi, Y Choi, EC Crosbie… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
New particle formation (NPF) is a critical source of particles and cloud condensation nuclei,
yet there are scarce vertically-resolved measurements addressing NPF across different …

Wintertime synoptic patterns of midlatitude boundary layer clouds over the western North Atlantic: Climatology and insights from in situ ACTIVATE observations

D Painemal, S Chellappan, WL Smith Jr… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The winter synoptic evolution of the western North Atlantic and its influence on the
atmospheric boundary layer is described by means of a regime classification based on Self …

Biomass burning over the United States East Coast and western North Atlantic Ocean: Implications for clouds and air quality

AH Mardi, H Dadashazar, D Painemal… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass burning (BB) aerosol events were characterized over the US East Coast and
Bermuda over the western North Atlantic Ocean (WNAO) between 2005 and 2018 using a …