Articles | Volume 19, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8591-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8591-2019
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08 Jul 2019
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Evaluation of global simulations of aerosol particle and cloud condensation nuclei number, with implications for cloud droplet formation

George S. Fanourgakis, Maria Kanakidou, Athanasios Nenes, Susanne E. Bauer, Tommi Bergman, Ken S. Carslaw, Alf Grini, Douglas S. Hamilton, Jill S. Johnson, Vlassis A. Karydis, Alf Kirkevåg, John K. Kodros, Ulrike Lohmann, Gan Luo, Risto Makkonen, Hitoshi Matsui, David Neubauer, Jeffrey R. Pierce, Julia Schmale, Philip Stier, Kostas Tsigaridis, Twan van Noije, Hailong Wang, Duncan Watson-Parris, Daniel M. Westervelt, Yang Yang, Masaru Yoshioka, Nikos Daskalakis, Stefano Decesari, Martin Gysel-Beer, Nikos Kalivitis, Xiaohong Liu, Natalie M. Mahowald, Stelios Myriokefalitakis, Roland Schrödner, Maria Sfakianaki, Alexandra P. Tsimpidi, Mingxuan Wu, and Fangqun Yu

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AR by Maria Kanakidou on behalf of the Authors (27 Apr 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 May 2019) by Joachim Curtius
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (24 May 2019)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 May 2019) by Joachim Curtius
AR by Maria Kanakidou on behalf of the Authors (01 Jun 2019)  Manuscript 
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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).
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