Opportunistic experiments to constrain aerosol effective radiative forcing

M Christensen, A Gettelman, J Cermak… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Aerosol-cloud interactions (ACI) are considered to be the most uncertain driver of present-
day radiative forcing due to human activities. The non-linearity of cloud-state changes to …

Constraining the aerosol influence on cloud liquid water path

E Gryspeerdt, T Goren, O Sourdeval… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
The impact of aerosols on cloud properties is one of the largest uncertainties in the
anthropogenic radiative forcing of the climate. Significant progress has been made in …

Global observations of aerosol indirect effects from marine liquid clouds

CJ Wall, T Storelvmo, A Possner - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Interactions between aerosols and liquid clouds are one of the largest sources of uncertainty
in the historical radiative forcing of climate. One widely shared goal to reduce this …

Adjustments to climate perturbations—mechanisms, implications, observational constraints

J Quaas, T Andrews, N Bellouin, K Block… - AGU …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Since the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (AR5) an extended concept of the energetic analysis of climate change including …

Observational quantification of aerosol invigoration for deep convective cloud lifecycle properties based on geostationary satellite

Z Pan, D Rosenfeld, Y Zhu, F Mao… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosols affect cloud microstructure, dynamics, and precipitation by acting as cloud
condensation nuclei (CCN) and ice nuclei with a large uncertainty for deep convective …

Non-monotonic aerosol effect on precipitation in convective clouds over tropical oceans

H Liu, J Guo, I Koren, O Altaratz, G Dagan, Y Wang… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Aerosol effects on convective clouds and associated precipitation constitute an important
open-ended question in climate research. Previous studies have linked an increase in …

Distinct structure, radiative effects, and precipitation characteristics of deep convection systems in the Tibetan Plateau compared to the tropical Indian Ocean

Y Zhao, J Li, D Wen, Y Li, Y Wang… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Using spaceborne lidar and radar observations, this study identifies deep convection
systems (DCSs), including deep convection cores (DCCs) and anvils, over the Tibetan …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol effects on deep convection: the propagation of aerosol perturbations through convective cloud microphysics

M Heikenfeld, B White, L Labbouz… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
The impact of aerosols on ice-and mixed-phase processes in deep convective clouds
remains highly uncertain, and the wide range of interacting microphysical processes is still …

Machine-Learning Based Analysis of Liquid Water Path Adjustments to Aerosol Perturbations in Marine Boundary Layer Clouds Using Satellite Observations

L Zipfel, H Andersen, J Cermak - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Changes in marine boundary layer cloud (MBLC) radiative properties in response to aerosol
perturbations are largely responsible for uncertainties in future climate predictions. In …

Observing aerosol primary convective invigoration and its meteorological feedback

L Zang, D Rosenfeld, Z Pan, F Mao… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosols can invigorate deep convective clouds (DCCs) directly by nucleating more cloud
droplets, named as Primary Aerosol Convective Invigoration (PAI). However, the covarying …