Precipitation driving of droplet concentration variability in marine low clouds

Precipitation driving of droplet concentration variabilityin marine low clouds

[1] The concentration Nd of cloud droplets in marine low clouds is a primary determinant of their ability to reflect sunlight and modulates their ability to precipitate. Previous studies have focused upon aerosol source variability as the key driver of variability in Nd. Here, we use a highly simplified aerosol budget model to examine the impact of precipitation on Nd. This model considers: pre...

Precipitation driving of droplet concentration 1 variability in marine low clouds

Satellite estimates of precipitation susceptibility in low-level marine stratiform clouds

Quantifying the sensitivity of warm rain to aerosols is important for constraining climate model estimates of aerosol indirect effects. In this study, the precipitation sensitivity to cloud droplet number concentration (Nd) in satellite retrievals is quantified by applying the precipitation susceptibility metric to a combined CloudSat/Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer data set of st...

Clouds, Aerosols, and Precipitation in the Marine Boundary Layer

by RobeRt Wood, MattheW Wyant, ChRistopheR s. bRetheRton, JasMine RéMillaRd, pavlos Kollias, JennifeR fletCheR, Jayson steMMleR, siMone de szoeKe, sandRa yuteR, MattheW MilleR, david MeCheM, GeoRGe tselioudis, J. ChRistine Chiu, Julian a. l. Mann, eWan J. o’ConnoR, Robin J. hoGan, Xiquan donG, MaRK MilleR, viRendRa Ghate, anne JeffeRson, qilonG Min, patRiCK Minnis, RabindRa paliKonda, bRuCe alb...

Clouds, Aerosols, and Precipitation in the Marine Boundary Layer

BY ROBERT WOOD, MATTHEW WYANT, CHRISTOPHER S. BRETHERTON, JASMINE RÉMILLARD, PAVLOS KOLLIAS, JENNIFER FLETCHER, JAYSON STEMMLER, SIMONE DE SZOEKE, SANDRA YUTER, MATTHEW MILLER, DAVID MECHEM, GEORGE TSELIOUDIS, J. CHRISTINE CHIU, JULIAN A. L. MANN, EWAN J. O’CONNOR, ROBIN J. HOGAN, XIQUAN DONG, MARK MILLER, VIRENDRA GHATE, ANNE JEFFERSON, QILONG MIN, PATRICK MINNIS, RABINDRA PALIKONDA, BRUCE ALB...