Mineral dust aerosol impacts on global climate and climate change

JF Kok, T Storelvmo, VA Karydis, AA Adebiyi… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Mineral dust aerosols impact the energy budget of Earth through interactions with radiation,
clouds, atmospheric chemistry, the cryosphere and biogeochemistry. In this Review, we …

Mixed-phase clouds: Progress and challenges

A Korolev, G McFarquhar, PR Field… - Meteorological …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mixed-phase clouds represent a three-phase colloidal system consisting of water vapor, ice
particles, and coexisting supercooled liquid droplets. Mixed-phase clouds are ubiquitous in …

Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2–Part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016)

JM Van Wessem, WJ Van De Berg, BPY Noël… - The …, 2018 - tc.copernicus.org
We evaluate modelled Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) near-surface climate, surface mass balance
(SMB) and surface energy balance (SEB) from the updated polar version of the regional …

Equilibrium climate sensitivity above 5 C plausible due to state-dependent cloud feedback

J Bjordal, T Storelvmo, K Alterskjær, T Carlsen - Nature Geoscience, 2020 - nature.com
The equilibrium climate sensitivity of Earth is defined as the global mean surface air
temperature increase that follows a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide. For decades …

Pore condensation and freezing is responsible for ice formation below water saturation for porous particles

RO David, C Marcolli, J Fahrni, Y Qiu… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
Ice nucleation in the atmosphere influences cloud properties, altering precipitation and the
radiative balance, ultimately regulating Earth's climate. An accepted ice nucleation pathway …

Evidence of strong contributions from mixed‐phase clouds to Arctic climate change

I Tan, T Storelvmo - Geophysical Research Letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Underestimation of the proportion of supercooled liquid in mixed‐phase clouds in climate
models has called into question its impact on Arctic climate change. We show that correcting …

Realistic representation of mixed-phase clouds increases projected climate warming

S Hofer, LC Hahn, JK Shaw, ZS McGraw… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Clouds are the main source of uncertainties when projecting climate change. Mixed-phase
clouds that contain ice and supercooled-liquid particles are especially hard to constrain, and …

Opinion: Tropical cirrus–from micro-scale processes to climate-scale impacts

B Gasparini, SC Sullivan, AB Sokol… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Tropical cirrus clouds, ie, any type of ice cloud with tops above 400 hPa, play a critical role in
the climate system and are a major source of uncertainty in our understanding of global …

Southern Ocean solar reflection biases in CMIP6 models linked to cloud phase and vertical structure representations

GV Cesana, T Khadir, H Chepfer… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Over the Southern Ocean (SO, 40° S–70° S), climate models have consistently
underestimated solar reflection. Here we evaluate the relationship between cloud profiles …

Characteristics of aerosols and clouds and their role in Earth's energy budget

L Yu, M Zhang, L Wang, H Li, J Li - Journal of Climate, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Clouds and aerosols provide the greatest uncertainty in estimating and interpreting Earth's
energy budget. This study not only focuses on surface brightening/dimming, but also …