Further evidence for CCN aerosol concentrations determining the height of warm rain and ice initiation in convective clouds over the Amazon basin

We have investigated how aerosols affect the height above cloud base of rain and ice hydrometeor initiation and the subsequent vertical evolution of cloud droplet size and number concentrations in growing convective cumulus. For this purpose we used in situ data of hydrometeor size distributions...

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Main Authors: R. C. Braga, D. Rosenfeld, R. Weigel, T. Jurkat, M. O. Andreae, M. Wendisch, U. Pöschl, C. Voigt, C. Mahnke, S. Borrmann, R. I. Albrecht, S. Molleker, D. A. Vila, L. A. T. Machado, L. Grulich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-12-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/17/14433/2017/acp-17-14433-2017.pdf