Effects of 20–100 nm particles on liquid clouds in the clean summertime Arctic
Observations addressing effects of aerosol particles on summertime Arctic clouds are limited. An airborne study, carried out during July 2014 from Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, as part of the Canadian NETCARE project, provides a comprehensive in situ look into some effects of aerosol particles on l...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:72461149792546cf9a430d68ebf5efc9 2023-05-15T13:11:33+02:00 Effects of 20–100 nm particles on liquid clouds in the clean summertime Arctic W. R. Leaitch A. Korolev A. A. Aliabadi J. Burkart M. D. Willis J. P. D. Abbatt H. Bozem P. Hoor F. Köllner J. Schneider A. Herber C. Konrad R. Brauner 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11107-2016 https://doaj.org/article/72461149792546cf9a430d68ebf5efc9 EN eng Copernicus Publications https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/11107/2016/acp-16-11107-2016.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7316 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7324 doi:10.5194/acp-16-11107-2016 1680-7316 1680-7324 https://doaj.org/article/72461149792546cf9a430d68ebf5efc9 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol 16, Pp 11107-11124 (2016) Physics QC1-999 Chemistry QD1-999 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11107-2016 2022-12-31T05:20:24Z Observations addressing effects of aerosol particles on summertime Arctic clouds are limited. An airborne study, carried out during July 2014 from Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, as part of the Canadian NETCARE project, provides a comprehensive in situ look into some effects of aerosol particles on liquid clouds in the clean environment of the Arctic summer. Median cloud droplet number concentrations (CDNC) from 62 cloud samples are 10 cm −3 for low-altitude cloud (clouds topped below 200 m) and 101 cm −3 for higher-altitude cloud (clouds based above 200 m). The lower activation size of aerosol particles is ≤ 50 nm diameter in about 40 % of the cases. Particles as small as 20 nm activated in the higher-altitude clouds consistent with higher supersaturations ( S ) for those clouds inferred from comparison of the CDNC with cloud condensation nucleus (CCN) measurements. Over 60 % of the low-altitude cloud samples fall into the CCN-limited regime of Mauritsen et al. (2011), within which increases in CDNC may increase liquid water and warm the surface. These first observations of that CCN-limited regime indicate a positive association of the liquid water content (LWC) and CDNC, but no association of either the CDNC or LWC with aerosol variations. Above the Mauritsen limit, where aerosol indirect cooling may result, changes in particles with diameters from 20 to 100 nm exert a relatively strong influence on the CDNC. Within this exceedingly clean environment, as defined by low carbon monoxide and low concentrations of larger particles, the background CDNC are estimated to range between 16 and 160 cm −3 , where higher values are due to activation of particles ≤ 50 nm that likely derive from natural sources. These observations offer the first wide-ranging reference for the aerosol cloud albedo effect in the summertime Arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper albedo Arctic Nunavut Resolute Bay Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Nunavut Canada Resolute Bay ENVELOPE(-94.842,-94.842,74.677,74.677) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16 17 11107 11124 |
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Observations addressing effects of aerosol particles on summertime Arctic clouds are limited. An airborne study, carried out during July 2014 from Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, as part of the Canadian NETCARE project, provides a comprehensive in situ look into some effects of aerosol particles on liquid clouds in the clean environment of the Arctic summer. Median cloud droplet number concentrations (CDNC) from 62 cloud samples are 10 cm −3 for low-altitude cloud (clouds topped below 200 m) and 101 cm −3 for higher-altitude cloud (clouds based above 200 m). The lower activation size of aerosol particles is ≤ 50 nm diameter in about 40 % of the cases. Particles as small as 20 nm activated in the higher-altitude clouds consistent with higher supersaturations ( S ) for those clouds inferred from comparison of the CDNC with cloud condensation nucleus (CCN) measurements. Over 60 % of the low-altitude cloud samples fall into the CCN-limited regime of Mauritsen et al. (2011), within which increases in CDNC may increase liquid water and warm the surface. These first observations of that CCN-limited regime indicate a positive association of the liquid water content (LWC) and CDNC, but no association of either the CDNC or LWC with aerosol variations. Above the Mauritsen limit, where aerosol indirect cooling may result, changes in particles with diameters from 20 to 100 nm exert a relatively strong influence on the CDNC. Within this exceedingly clean environment, as defined by low carbon monoxide and low concentrations of larger particles, the background CDNC are estimated to range between 16 and 160 cm −3 , where higher values are due to activation of particles ≤ 50 nm that likely derive from natural sources. These observations offer the first wide-ranging reference for the aerosol cloud albedo effect in the summertime Arctic. |
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W. R. Leaitch A. Korolev A. A. Aliabadi J. Burkart M. D. Willis J. P. D. Abbatt H. Bozem P. Hoor F. Köllner J. Schneider A. Herber C. Konrad R. Brauner |
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Effects of 20–100 nm particles on liquid clouds in the clean summertime Arctic |
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