The role of mesoscale cloud morphology in the shortwave cloud feedback

IL McCoy, DT McCoy, R Wood… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A supervised neural network algorithm is used to categorize near‐global satellite retrievals
into three mesoscale cellular convective (MCC) cloud morphology patterns. At constant …

Simulating aerosol lifecycle impacts on the subtropical stratocumulus‐to‐cumulus transition using large‐eddy simulations

E Erfani, P Blossey, R Wood… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Observed stratocumulus to cumulus transitions (SCTs) and their sensitivity to aerosols are
studied using a large‐eddy simulation (LES) model that simulates the aerosol lifecycle …

Influence of open ocean biogeochemistry on aerosol and clouds: Recent findings and perspectives

K Sellegri, R Simó, B Wang, PA Alpert… - Elementa: Science of …, 2024 - online.ucpress.edu
Aerosols and clouds are key components of the marine atmosphere, impacting the Earth's
radiative budget with a net cooling effect over the industrial era that counterbalances …

Above-cloud concentrations of cloud condensation nuclei help to sustain some Arctic low-level clouds

LJ Sterzinger, AL Igel - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Previous studies have found that low-level Arctic clouds often persist for long periods even
in the face of very low surface cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations. Here, we …

Aitken mode aerosols buffer decoupled mid‐latitude boundary layer clouds against precipitation depletion

IL McCoy, MC Wyant, PN Blossey… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol‐cloud‐precipitation interactions are a leading source of uncertainty in estimating
climate sensitivity. Remote marine boundary layers where accumulation mode (∼ 100–400 …

Ion-induced cloud modulation through new particle formation and runaway cloud condensation nuclei production

KK Chandrakar, W Cantrell… - Oxford Open Climate …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Cloud formation in the Pi Convection–Cloud Chamber is achieved via ionization in humid
conditions, without the injection of aerosol particles to serve as cloud condensation nuclei …

Distinctive aerosol–cloud–precipitation interactions in marine boundary layer clouds from the ACE-ENA and SOCRATES aircraft field campaigns

X Zheng, X Dong, B Xi, T Logan… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
The aerosol–cloud–precipitation interactions within the cloud-topped marine boundary layer
(MBL) are examined using aircraft in situ measurements from Aerosol and Cloud …

Aitken Mode Aerosols Buffer Decoupled Mid-latitude Boundary Layer Clouds Against Precipitation Depletion

IL McCoy, MC Wyant, PN Blossey, CS Bretherton… - Authorea …, 2023 - authorea.com
Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions are a leading source of uncertainty in estimating
climate sensitivity. Remote marine boundary layers where accumulation mode (~ 100-400 …

Lightning Declines Over Shipping Lanes Following Regulation of Fuel Sulfur

C Wright - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Aerosol interactions with clouds represent a significant uncertainty to our understanding of
the Earth system. Deep convective clouds, in particular, can have complex responses to …

Sensitivities of Large Eddy Simulations of Aerosol Plume Transport and Cloud Response

C Dhandapani, CM Kaul, KG Pressel… - Authorea …, 2023 - essopenarchive.org
Cloud responses to surface-based sources of aerosol perturbation depend in part on the
characteristics of the aerosol transport to cloud base and the resulting spatial and temporal …