Altitude profiles of cloud condensation nuclei characteristics across the Indo-Gangetic Plain prior to the onset of the Indian summer monsoon

Jayachandran, Venugopalan Nair; Suresh Babu, Surendran Nair; Vaishya, Aditya; Gogoi, Mukunda M.; Nair, Vijayakumar S.; Satheesh, Sreedharan Krishnakumari; Krishna Moorthy, Krishnaswamy

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-561-2020

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Altitude profiles of cloud condensation nuclei characteristics across the Indo-Gangetic Plain prior to the onset of the Indian summer monsoon

Venugopalan Nair Jayachandran, Surendran Nair Suresh Babu, Aditya Vaishya, Mukunda M. Gogoi, Vijayakumar S. Nair, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, and Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy

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RC1: 'Review of acp-2019-571', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Interactive comment on “Altitude profiles of CCN characteristics across the Indo-Gangetic Plain prior to the onset of the Indian summer monsoon” by Venugopalan Nair Jayachandran et al.', Dr. Suresh Babu, 10 Nov 2019
RC2: 'Comments on the manuscript entitled, “Altitude profiles of CCN characteristics across the Indo-Gangetic Plain prior to the onset of the Indian summer monsoon” by Jayachandran et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'Interactive comment on “Altitude profiles of CCN characteristics across the Indo-Gangetic Plain prior to the onset of the Indian summer monsoon” by Venugopalan Nair Jayachandran et al.', Dr. Suresh Babu, 10 Nov 2019

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Concurrent measurements of the altitude profiles of the concentration of cloud condensation nuclei (CCNs), as a function of supersaturation (ranging from 0.2 % to 1.0 %), and aerosol optical properties were carried out aboard an instrumented aircraft across the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) just prior to the onset of the 2016 Indian summer monsoon (ISM). A high CCN concentration is observed up to 2.5 km across the IGP, indicating the significant possibility of aerosol indirect effects.