New airborne research facility observes sensitivity of cumulus cloud microphysical properties to aerosol regime over the Great Barrier Reef

DC Hernandez-Jaramillo, C Medcraft… - Environmental science …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Our work on aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions became hamstrung by the lack of a
suitable aerosol and cloud microphysics equipped aircraft in Australia. To address this …

[HTML][HTML] Secondary droplet activation during condensational growth in convective clouds and its detection from satellites

A Efraim, RC Braga, D Rosenfeld, O Lauer… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
By acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), aerosol particles play a key role in the
climate system. The CCN can be activated into cloud droplets at the cloud base (ie, primary …

[HTML][HTML] Model-based insights into aerosol perturbation on pristine continental convective precipitation

M Jiang, Y Li, W Hu, Y Yang… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is of great importance for weather and climate due to its
role as a heat and water resource. Relatively clean aerosol conditions over the Plateau …

[PDF][PDF] 2.2 Secondary droplet activation in polluted convec-tive clouds

A Efraim, R Campos Braga… - Aerosol effects on … - openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de
By acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), aerosol particles play a key role in the
climate system. The CCN can be activated into cloud droplets at the base of the cloud …

[PDF][PDF] 2.4 Cloud microphysical zones in the Amazon

O Lauer, MO Andreae, P Artaxo, R Campos Braga… - Aerosol effects on … - d-nb.info
Aerosol effects on clouds and climate have remained highly uncertain (eg,). Here, we
present a three-year study on aerosol-induced effects on convective clouds over remote …