Interactive comment on “Understanding the contributions of aerosol properties and parameterization discrepancies to droplet number variability in a Global Climate Model” by R. Morales Betancourt and A. Nenes
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This paper attempts to disentangle the role of various aerosol properties (aitken, accumulation and coarse mode number, size and hygroscopicity) in the anthropogenic change in droplet number concentrations. The sensitivity of droplet concentration to aerosol properties is central to estimates of the indirect aerosol effect (IAE), which is arguably the single most uncertain forcing of modern climate change. As such, the paper addresses an important question, namely which aerosol properties are most influential for droplet number concentration and ultimately the IAE.
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Understanding the contributions of aerosol properties and parameterization discrepancies to droplet number variability in a Global Climate Model
Understanding the contributions of aerosol properties and parameterization discrepancies to droplet number variability in a Global Climate Model R. Morales Betancourt1 and A. Nenes1,2 1School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 2School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Correspond...
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