Physical science research needed to evaluate the viability and risks of marine cloud brightening

G Feingold, VP Ghate, LM Russell, P Blossey… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Marine cloud brightening (MCB) is the deliberate injection of aerosol particles into shallow
marine clouds to increase their reflection of solar radiation and reduce the amount of energy …

Confronting the challenge of modeling cloud and precipitation microphysics

H Morrison, M van Lier‐Walqui… - Journal of advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the atmosphere, microphysics refers to the microscale processes that affect cloud and
precipitation particles and is a key linkage among the various components of Earth's …

100 years of progress in cloud physics, aerosols, and aerosol chemistry research

SM Kreidenweis, M Petters… - Meteorological …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
This chapter reviews the history of the discovery of cloud nuclei and their impacts on cloud
microphysics and the climate system. Pioneers including John Aitken, Sir John Mason …

Aerosol indirect effect from turbulence-induced broadening of cloud-droplet size distributions

KK Chandrakar, W Cantrell, K Chang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The influence of aerosol concentration on the cloud-droplet size distribution is investigated
in a laboratory chamber that enables turbulent cloud formation through moist convection …

[HTML][HTML] 基于70 m3膨胀云室的暖云滴谱试验研究

李睿劼, 黄梦宇, 丁德平, 田平, 毕凯, 杨帅… - 应用气象 …, 2023 - qikan.camscma.cn
为开展云降水微物理过程机理和机制室内试验研究, 设计建造北京气溶胶与云相互作用云室(
Beijing aerosol and cloud interaction chamber, BACIC), 搭建完整的气溶胶 …

The role of turbulent fluctuations in aerosol activation and cloud formation

P Prabhakaran, ASM Shawon… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Aerosol indirect effects are one of the leading contributors to cloud radiative properties
relevant to climate. Aerosol particles become cloud droplets when the ambient relative …

Extensive soot compaction by cloud processing from laboratory and field observations

J Bhandari, S China, KK Chandrakar, G Kinney… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Soot particles form during combustion of carbonaceous materials and impact climate and air
quality. When freshly emitted, they are typically fractal-like aggregates. After atmospheric …

Warm Cloud Size Distribution Experiment Based on 70 m3 Expansion Cloud Chamber

L Ruijie, H Mengyu, D Deping, T Ping, B Kai… - 应用气象 …, 2023 - qikan.camscma.cn
To better understand the influence of aerosols on micro-properties of clouds and to facilitate
weather modification experiments including the analysis of various materials' seeding effect …

Aircraft observations reveal the relationship between cumulus entrainment rate and aerosol loading

L Zhu, C Lu, J Chen, Y Wang, X He, J Li… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of entrainment, a key process characterized by the entrainment rate in
cumulus parameterization, on aerosol‐cloud interactions has been widely recognized …

Direct numerical simulation of turbulence and microphysics in the Pi Chamber

T MacMillan, RA Shaw, WH Cantrell, DH Richter - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
The Pi Chamber is a cloud chamber at Michigan Technological University that utilizes moist
turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard flow between two temperature-controlled, saturated plates to …