Key drivers of cloud response to surface-active organics

S. J. Lowe; D. G. Partridge; J. F. Davies; K. R. Wilson; D. Topping; I. Riipinen

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12982-0

Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Key drivers of cloud response to surface-active organics

S. J. Lowe,
D. G. Partridge,
J. F. Davies,
K. R. Wilson,
D. Topping,
I. Riipinen

Affiliations

S. J. Lowe: Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University
D. G. Partridge: College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter
J. F. Davies: Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside
K. R. Wilson: Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
D. Topping: School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Science, University of Manchester
I. Riipinen: Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12982-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Aerosol-cloud interactions are a large source of uncertainty in radiative forcing estimates. Here, the authors show that the radiative effects of clouds are influenced by a combination of aerosol particle distribution, environmental conditions and atmosphere dynamics.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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