Natural marine cloud brightening in the Southern Ocean
The number of cloud droplets per unit volume ( N d ) is a fundamentally important property of marine boundary layer (MBL) liquid clouds that, at constant liquid water path, exerts considerable controls on albedo. Past work has shown that regional N d has a direct correlation to marine primary produc...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0b2d783d9abb4ef09bcf79ce9d20e21d 2023-05-15T14:00:44+02:00 Natural marine cloud brightening in the Southern Ocean G. G. Mace S. Benson R. Humphries P. M. Gombert E. Sterner 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1677-2023 https://doaj.org/article/0b2d783d9abb4ef09bcf79ce9d20e21d EN eng Copernicus Publications https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/23/1677/2023/acp-23-1677-2023.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7316 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7324 doi:10.5194/acp-23-1677-2023 1680-7316 1680-7324 https://doaj.org/article/0b2d783d9abb4ef09bcf79ce9d20e21d Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol 23, Pp 1677-1685 (2023) Physics QC1-999 Chemistry QD1-999 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1677-2023 2023-02-05T01:30:58Z The number of cloud droplets per unit volume ( N d ) is a fundamentally important property of marine boundary layer (MBL) liquid clouds that, at constant liquid water path, exerts considerable controls on albedo. Past work has shown that regional N d has a direct correlation to marine primary productivity (PP) because of the role of seasonally varying, biogenically derived precursor gases in modulating secondary aerosol properties. These linkages are thought to be observable over the high-latitude oceans, where strong seasonal variability in aerosol and meteorology covary in mostly pristine environments. Here, we examine N d variability derived from 5 years of MODIS Level 2-derived cloud properties in a broad region of the summer eastern Southern Ocean and adjacent marginal seas. We demonstrate latitudinal, longitudinal and temporal gradients in N d that are strongly correlated with the passage of air masses over high-PP waters that are mostly concentrated along the Antarctic Shelf poleward of 60 ∘ S. We find that the albedo of MBL clouds in the latitudes south of 60 ∘ S is significantly higher than similar liquid water path (LWP) clouds north of this latitude. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 23 2 1677 1685 |
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The number of cloud droplets per unit volume ( N d ) is a fundamentally important property of marine boundary layer (MBL) liquid clouds that, at constant liquid water path, exerts considerable controls on albedo. Past work has shown that regional N d has a direct correlation to marine primary productivity (PP) because of the role of seasonally varying, biogenically derived precursor gases in modulating secondary aerosol properties. These linkages are thought to be observable over the high-latitude oceans, where strong seasonal variability in aerosol and meteorology covary in mostly pristine environments. Here, we examine N d variability derived from 5 years of MODIS Level 2-derived cloud properties in a broad region of the summer eastern Southern Ocean and adjacent marginal seas. We demonstrate latitudinal, longitudinal and temporal gradients in N d that are strongly correlated with the passage of air masses over high-PP waters that are mostly concentrated along the Antarctic Shelf poleward of 60 ∘ S. We find that the albedo of MBL clouds in the latitudes south of 60 ∘ S is significantly higher than similar liquid water path (LWP) clouds north of this latitude. |
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Natural marine cloud brightening in the Southern Ocean |
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Natural marine cloud brightening in the Southern Ocean |
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Natural marine cloud brightening in the Southern Ocean |
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