Sea-spray regulates sulfate cloud droplet activation over oceans

• Main Authors: Fossum, Kirsten N., Ovadnevaite, Jurgita, Ceburnis, Darius, Preißler, Jana, Snider, Jefferson R., Huang, Ru-Jin, Zuend, Andreas, O’Dowd, Colin
• Other Authors: Seventh Framework Programme, Science Foundation Ireland, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Research (part of Springer Nature) 2020
• Subjects: CONDENSATION NUCLEI; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; AEROSOL; SIZE; PARAMETERIZATION; ALBEDO; SALT; PARTICLE; SULFUR; GROWTH; Antarctic; Simo; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/16037; https://doi.org/10.13025/15615; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-020-0116-2

Sulfate aerosols are typically the dominant source of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) over remote oceans and their abundance is thought to be the dominating factor in determining oceanic cloud brightness. Their activation into cloud droplets depends on dynamics (i.e. vertical updrafts) and competiti...