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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8591-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8591-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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08 Jul 2019
Research article | Highlight paper |
| 08 Jul 2019
| 08 Jul 2019
Evaluation of global simulations of aerosol particle and cloud condensation nuclei number, with implications for cloud droplet formation
George S. Fanourgakis
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of
Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, 70013, Greece
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of
Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, 70013, Greece
Athanasios Nenes
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of
Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique
Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH/ICE-HT), Hellas, 26504, Patras, Greece
Susanne E. Bauer
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Tommi Bergman
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt,
the Netherlands
Ken S. Carslaw
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK
Alf Grini
independent researcher
Douglas S. Hamilton
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Jill S. Johnson
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK
Vlassis A. Karydis
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Inst Energy & Climate Res IEK-8,
52425 Jülich, Germany
Alf Kirkevåg
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
John K. Kodros
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, Colorado, USA
Ulrike Lohmann
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich,
Switzerland
Climate Atmospheric Sciences Research Center , of the State
University of New York at Albany, Albany, 12203, New York, USA
Risto Makkonen
Climate System Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503,
00101 Helsinki, Finland
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Hitoshi Matsui
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University,
Nagoya, Japan
David Neubauer
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich,
Switzerland
Jeffrey R. Pierce
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, Colorado, USA
Julia Schmale
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Villigen, Switzerland
Philip Stier
Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK
Kostas Tsigaridis
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Twan van Noije
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt,
the Netherlands
Hailong Wang
Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
Duncan Watson-Parris
Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK
Daniel M. Westervelt
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Yang Yang
Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
Masaru Yoshioka
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK
Nikos Daskalakis
Laboratory for Modeling and Observation of the Earth System (LAMOS) Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen,
Germany
Stefano Decesari
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research
Council of Italy, Via Piero Gobetti, 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Martin Gysel-Beer
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Villigen, Switzerland
Nikos Kalivitis
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of
Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, 70013, Greece
Xiaohong Liu
Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie,
Wyoming, USA
Natalie M. Mahowald
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Stelios Myriokefalitakis
Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development (IERSD),
National Observatory of Athens, Penteli, Greece
Roland Schrödner
Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University,
Lund, Sweden
Maria Sfakianaki
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of
Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, 70013, Greece
Alexandra P. Tsimpidi
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Mingxuan Wu
Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie,
Wyoming, USA
Fangqun Yu
Climate Atmospheric Sciences Research Center , of the State
University of New York at Albany, Albany, 12203, New York, USA
Data sets
Data for the ``Evaluation of global simulations of aerosol particle and cloud condensation nuclei number, with implications for cloud droplet formation'' G. Fanourgakis, M. Kanakidou, A. Nenes, S. E. Bauer, T. Bergman, K. S. Carslaw, A. Grini, D. S. Hamilton, J. S. Johnson, V. A. Karydis, A. Kirkevåg, J. K. Kodros, U. Lohmann, G. Luo, R. Makkonen, H. Matsui, D. Neubauer, J. R. Pierce, J. Schmale, P. Stier, K. Tsigaridis, T. van Noije, H. Wang, D. Watson-Parris, D. M. Westervelt, Y. Yang, M. Yoshioka, N. Daskalakis, S. Decesari, M. Gysel-Beer, N. Kalivitis, X. Liu, N. M. Mahowald, S. Myriokefalitakis, R. Schrödner, M. Sfakianaki, A. P. Tsimpidi, M. Wu, and F. Yu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3265866
Short summary
Effects of aerosols on clouds are important for climate studies but are among the largest uncertainties in climate projections. This study evaluates the skill of global models to simulate aerosol, cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and cloud droplet number concentrations (CDNCs). Model results show reduced spread in CDNC compared to CCN due to the negative correlation between the sensitivities of CDNC to aerosol number concentration (air pollution) and updraft velocity (atmospheric dynamics).
Effects of aerosols on clouds are important for climate studies but are among the largest...
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