Anthropogenic Aerosol Influences on Mixed-Phase Clouds

• Main Author: Lohmann, Ulrike
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2017
• Subjects: Anthropogenic aerosols; Aerosol radiative forcing; Mixed-phase clouds; Global climate models; Arctic; Ari; Climate change
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/227535; https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000227535

Aerosol effects on mixed-phase clouds (MPCs) are more complex than in warm clouds because aerosol particles can act both as cloud condensation nuclei and as ice nucleating particles and more microphysical pathways exist. Stratiform MPCs are most prevalent in the Arctic where cloud top cooling enable...