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Article Dans Une Revue Geophysical Research Letters Année : 2006

Influence of aerosols on the shortwave cloud radiative forcing from North Pacific oceanic clouds: Results from the Cloud Indirect Forcing Experiment (CIFEX)

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Aerosols over the Northeastern Pacific Ocean enhance the cloud drop number concentration and reduce the drop size for marine stratocumulus and cumulus clouds. These microphysical effects result in brighter clouds, as evidenced by a combination of aircraft and satellite observations. In-situ measurements from the Cloud Indirect Forcing Experiment (CIFEX) indicate that the mean cloud drop number concentration in low clouds over the polluted marine boundary layer is greater by 53 cm3 compared to clean clouds, and the mean cloud drop effective radius is smaller by 4 mm. We link these in-situ measurements of cloud modification by aerosols, for the first time, with collocated satellite broadband radiative flux observations from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System to show that these microphysical effects of aerosols enhance the top-of-atmosphere cooling by 9.9 ± 4.3 W m2 for overcast conditions.
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hal-03554483 , version 1 (03-02-2022)

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Eric Wilcox, Greg Roberts, V. Ramanathan. Influence of aerosols on the shortwave cloud radiative forcing from North Pacific oceanic clouds: Results from the Cloud Indirect Forcing Experiment (CIFEX). Geophysical Research Letters, 2006, 33 (21), pp.L21804. ⟨10.1029/2006GL027150⟩. ⟨hal-03554483⟩
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