Aerosol size distribution properties associated with cold-air outbreaks in the Norwegian Arctic

AS Williams, JL Dedrick, LM Russell… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
The aerosol particles serving as cloud condensation and ice nuclei contribute to key cloud
processes associated with cold-air outbreak (CAO) events but are poorly constrained in …

[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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Aitken mode particles as CCN in aerosol-and updraft-sensitive regimes of cloud droplet formation

ML Pöhlker, M Zhang, R Campos Braga… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
The high variability of aerosol particle concentrations, sizes and chemical composition
makes their description challenging in atmospheric models. Aerosol–cloud interaction …

Cloud condensation nuclei closure study using airborne measurements over the Southern Great Plains

G Kulkarni, F Mei, JE Shilling, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Airborne measurements of non‐refractory bulk aerosol chemical composition, aerosol size
distributions, and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) were conducted onboard a research …

Cloud condensation nuclei characteristics at the Southern Great Plains site: role of particle size distribution and aerosol hygroscopicity

PN Patel, JH Jiang - Environmental Research Communications, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The activation ability of aerosols as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) is crucial in climate
and hydrological cycle studies, but their properties are not well known. We investigated the …

[HTML][HTML] Particle phase-state variability in the North Atlantic free troposphere during summertime is determined by atmospheric transport patterns and sources

Z Cheng, M Morgenstern, B Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Free tropospheric aerosol particles have important but poorly constrained climate effects
due to transformations of their physicochemical properties during long-range transport. In …

Supersaturation and critical size of cloud condensation nuclei in marine stratus clouds

H Svensmark, MB Enghoff, J Svensmark… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Observations of marine stratus clouds in clean air off the Californian coast reveal a
functional relationship between the number of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and …

An overview of aerosol properties in clear and cloudy sky based on CALIPSO observations

Y Hong, L Di Girolamo - Earth and Space Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A full understanding of the climatological properties of aerosols is an important step towards
characterizing their effects on climate. Utilizing the observations from Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar …

In-situ observations reveal weak hygroscopicity in the Southern Tibetan Plateau: implications for aerosol activation and indirect effects

Y Wang, J Li, F Fang, P Zhang, J He… - npj Climate and …, 2024 - nature.com
As a precursor process to cloud formation, aerosol activation over the Tibetan Plateau (TP)
plays a pivotal role in regional cloud-precipitation and global climate. However, its …