Exploring aerosol–cloud interaction using VOCALS-REx aircraft measurements

Jia, Hailing; Ma, Xiaoyan; Liu, Yangang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7955-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7955-2019

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VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS) (ACP/OS inter-journal...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7955-2019

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Articles | Volume 19, issue 12

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18 Jun 2019

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Exploring aerosol–cloud interaction using VOCALS-REx aircraft measurements

Hailing Jia, Xiaoyan Ma, and Yangang Liu

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RC1: 'Exploring aerosol cloud interaction using VOCALS-REx aircraft measurements', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Responses to Referee #1’s comments', Hailing Jia, 16 Feb 2019
SC1: 'entrainment in stratocumulus', Hermann Gerber, 30 Nov 2018
AC2: 'Responses to short comments', Hailing Jia, 16 Feb 2019
RC2: 'Referee Report', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Mar 2019
- AC3: 'Responses to Referee #3’s comments', Hailing Jia, 17 Apr 2019

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AR by Hailing Jia on behalf of the Authors (17 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 May 2019) by Hugh Coe

AR by Hailing Jia on behalf of the Authors (21 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

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Aircraft measurements are used to study aerosol–cloud interaction, with a focus on three understudied topics (separation of aerosol effects from dynamic effects, dispersion effects, and entrainment-mixing processes). After constraining cloud dynamics, positive correlation between relative dispersion and CCN concentration became stronger, implying that perturbations of dynamics could underestimate dispersion effect. Entrainment mixing is predominantly extremely inhomogeneous in the stratocumulus.