Fountoukis, Christos and Nenes, Athanasios and Meskhidze, Nicholas and Bahreini, Roya and Conant, William C. and Jonsson, Haflidi and Murphy, Shane and Sorooshian, Armin and Varutbangkul, Varuntida and Brechtel, Fred and Flagan, Richard C. and Seinfeld, John H. (2007) Aerosol–cloud drop concentration closure for clouds sampled during the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation 2004 campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 112 (D10). Art. No. D10S30. ISSN 2169-897X. doi:10.1029/2006JD007272. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141028-140023116
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Abstract
This study analyzes 27 cumuliform and stratiform clouds sampled aboard the CIRPAS Twin Otter during the 2004 International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation (ICARTT) experiment. The data set was used to assess cloud droplet closure using (1) a detailed adiabatic cloud parcel model and (2) a state-of-the-art cloud droplet activation parameterization. A unique feature of the data set is the sampling of highly polluted clouds within the vicinity of power plant plumes. Remarkable closure was achieved (much less than the 20% measurement uncertainty) for both parcel model and parameterization. The highly variable aerosol did not complicate the cloud droplet closure, since the clouds had low maximum supersaturation and were not sensitive to aerosol variations (which took place at small particle sizes). The error in predicted cloud droplet concentration was mostly sensitive to updraft velocity. Optimal closure is obtained if the water vapor uptake coefficient is equal to 0.06, but can range between 0.03 and 1.0. The sensitivity of cloud droplet prediction error to changes in the uptake coefficient, organic solubility and surface tension depression suggest that organics exhibit limited solubility. These findings can serve as much needed constraints in modeling of aerosol-cloud interactions in the North America; future in situ studies will determine the robustness of our findings.
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Additional Information: | Copyright 2007 by the American Geophysical Union. Received 8 March 2006; revised 19 November 2006; accepted 21 February 2007; published 26 April 2007. We acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation under award ATM-0340832. C.F., A.N. and N.M. acknowledge support from an NSF CAREER award, a NASA EOS-IDS and a NASA NIP. C.F. acknowledges support from a Gerondelis Foundation Fellowship. | ||||||||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | aerosol; cloud droplet; clouds | ||||||||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1029/2006JD007272 | ||||||||||||||
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Official Citation: | Fountoukis, C., et al. (2007), Aerosol–cloud drop concentration closure for clouds sampled during the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation 2004 campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D10S30, doi:10.1029/2006JD007272. | ||||||||||||||
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Deposited By: | George Porter | ||||||||||||||
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