An improved algorithm of cloud droplet size distribution from POLDER polarized measurements
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.04.013
Abstract: Abstract The Polarization and Directionality of Earth Reflectances (POLDER) instrument provides unique cloud droplet radius (CDR) and effective variance (EV) observations for the analysis of clouds on the global scale. However, the cloud droplet size… read more here.
Keywords: droplet size; polder; size distribution; cloud droplet ... See more keywords
Global estimates of changes in shortwave low-cloud albedo and fluxes due to variations in cloud droplet number concentration derived from CERES-MODIS satellite sensors.
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DOI: 10.1029/2018gl078880
Abstract: 15 years of Aqua CERES and MODIS observations are combined to derive nearly global maps of shortwave albedo (A) and flux (F) response to changes in cloud droplet number concentration (Nd ). Absolute ( S… read more here.
Keywords: cloud droplet; number concentration; droplet number; ceres modis ... See more keywords
Atmospheric Turbulence May Promote Cloud Droplet Formation
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DOI: 10.1029/2021eo155989
Abstract: Turbulence causes local variations in relative humidity, which can push particles past a critical saturation threshold for droplet nucleation. read more here.
Keywords: may promote; promote cloud; turbulence; cloud droplet ... See more keywords
Compensation of Aerodynamic Sampling Effects of a Cloud Droplet Instrument
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3166263
Abstract: Precise sampling is a crucial part of the aerosol measurement processes that ideally requires perfectly isokinetic conditions in which particles in the sampling volume move exactly the same way as they would in an undisturbed… read more here.
Keywords: sampling effects; droplet; volume; aerodynamic sampling ... See more keywords
Predicting decadal trends in cloud droplet number concentration using reanalysis and satellite data
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DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-2035-2018
Abstract: Abstract. Cloud droplet number concentration (CDNC) is the key state variable that moderates the relationship between aerosol and the radiative forcing arising from aerosol–cloud interactions. Uncertainty related to the effect of anthropogenic aerosol on cloud… read more here.
Keywords: number concentration; droplet number; reanalysis; cloud droplet ... See more keywords
Uncertainty in aerosol hygroscopicity resulting from semi-volatile organic compounds
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DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-275-2018
Abstract: We present a novel method of exploring the effect of uncertainties in aerosol properties on cloud droplet number using existing cloud droplet activation parameterisations. Aerosol properties of a single involatile particle mode are randomly sampled… read more here.
Keywords: organic compounds; uncertainty; volatile organic; cloud droplet ... See more keywords
Cloud droplet number closure for tropical convective clouds during the ACRIDICON–CHUVA campaign
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DOI: 10.5194/acp-2021-80
Abstract: Abstract. The main objective of the ACRIDICON-CHUVA (Aerosol, Cloud, Precipitation, and Radiation Interactions and Dynamics of Convective Cloud Systems–Cloud Processes of the Main Precipitation Systems in Brazil: A Contribution to Cloud Resolving Modeling and to… read more here.
Keywords: droplet number; number; cloud droplet; acridicon chuva ... See more keywords
Spatial distribution of cloud droplet size properties from Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) measurements
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DOI: 10.5194/amt-13-1777-2020
Abstract: Abstract. The global variability of clouds and their interactions with aerosol and radiation make them one of our largest sources of uncertainty related to global radiative forcing. The droplet size distribution (DSD) of clouds is… read more here.
Keywords: droplet; droplet size; cloud droplet; distribution ... See more keywords