Confronting the Challenge of Modeling Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2020 In the atmosphere, microphysics refers to the microscale processes that affect cloud and precipitation particles and is a key linkage among the various components of Earth's atmospheric water and energy cycles.
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CAMP: an instrumented platform for balloon-borne aerosol particle studies in the lower atmosphere [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2022 Airborne observations of vertical aerosol particle distributions are crucial for detailed process studies and model improvements. Tethered balloon systems represent a less expensive alternative to aircraft to probe shallow atmospheric boundary layers ...
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Terrestrial or marine – indications towards the origin of ice-nucleating particles during melt season in the European Arctic up to 83.7° N [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021 Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) initiate the primary ice formation in clouds at temperatures above ca. −38 ∘C and have an impact on precipitation formation, cloud optical properties, and cloud persistence. Despite their roles in both weather and climate,
M. Hartmann +13 more
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The impact of temperature inversions on black carbon and particle mass concentrations in a mountainous area [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022 Residential wood combustion is a widespread practice in Europe with a serious impact on air quality, especially in mountainous areas. While there is a significant number of studies conducted in deep urbanized valleys and basins, little is known about the
K. Glojek +21 more
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Characterization and first results from LACIS-T: a moist-air wind tunnel to study aerosol–cloud–turbulence interactions [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2020 The interactions between turbulence and cloud microphysical processes have been investigated primarily through numerical simulation and field measurements over the last 10 years.
D. Niedermeier +6 more
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2010 This article reviews the current state of understanding of the science of contrails: 1) how they are formed, 2) their microphysical properties as they evolve into contrail cirrus and whether their microphysical properties can be distinguished from natural cirrus, and 3) the ice-nucleating properties of soot aerosols and whether these aerosols can ...
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Aerosol arriving on the Caribbean island of Barbados: physical properties and origin [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2016 The marine aerosol arriving at Barbados (Ragged Point) was characterized during two 3-week long measurement periods in November 2010 and April 2011, in the context of the measurement campaign CARRIBA (Cloud, Aerosol, Radiation and tuRbulence in the ...
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Scientific Data, 2023 During the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition, the Balloon-bornE moduLar Utility for profilinG the lower Atmosphere (BELUGA) was deployed from an ice floe drifting in the Fram Strait from 29 June to
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Characterization of aerosol properties at Cyprus, focusing on cloud condensation nuclei and ice-nucleating particles [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019 As part of the A-LIFE (Absorbing aerosol layers in a changing climate: aging, LIFEtime and dynamics) campaign, ground-based measurements were carried out in Paphos, Cyprus, to characterize the abundance, properties, and sources of aerosol particles in ...
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