The importance of Aitken mode aerosol particles for cloud sustenance in the summertime high Arctic-A simulation study supported by observational data

• Main Authors: Bulatovic, I, Igel, AL, Leck, C, Heintzenberg, J, Riipinen, I, Ekman, AML
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2021
• Subjects: Astronomical and Space Sciences; Atmospheric Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Arctic; Aitken
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/27259683

The potential importance of Aitken mode particles (diameters 25 80 nm) for stratiform mixed-phase clouds in the summertime high Arctic (80 N) has been investigated using two large-eddy simulation models. We find that, in both models, Aitken mode particles significantly affect the simulated microphys...