PPT-Cloud and Aerosol size distributions

and CCN activity Sara Lance WFM Pilot Study Preliminary Observations Aug 24 2017 Aerosol Impacts Climate Global Dimming Haze blown off the Eastern coast of China over Bo Hai Bay and the Yellow Sea. Example from the Saharan Desert.. Deep Blue . Algorithm from this reference.. darkness. Blue sky. Blue sky bright aerosol. Bright aerosol . brighten dark surface. Dark aerosol . darken bright surface. Jingqiu . Mao . (GFDL/NOAA), . Songmiao. Fan (. GFDL/NOAA), . Ying . Chen (. Fudan. U, China). A . dominant source of nutrient iron to open . ocean, critical for plankton in surface waters:. -Biological pump of CO2. Robert Wood. University of Washington. W. ith contributions . from . Eowyn. Baughman, Dan . Grosvenor, Daniel McCoy, Chris . Terai. , Matt . Lebsock. , Dave Leon, Jeff Snider, Tony . Clarke, . Duli. Yan . Zhang. 1. , . Hongbin. . Yu. 2. , . Alexander . Smirnov. 1. , . Tom . Eck. 1. , . Mian. . Chin. 3. , . Lorraine . Remer. 3. , . Qian. . Tan. 1. , . Robert . Levy. 4. 1 GESTAR/USRA, 2 ESSIC, 3 NASA/GSFC, 4 SSAI. . E. CHAM5-HAM. B. Croft. 1. , J.R. . . Pierce. 1. , R.V. Martin. 1,2. , C. Hoose. 3. , and U. Lohmann. 4. 1. Dalhouse University, Canada. 2. Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, USA. 3. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. resolved. aerosol microphysics on photochemistry. and . heterogeneous . chemistry. Gan. Luo and . Fangqun. Yu. ASRC, SUNY-Albany. 2015-5-4. Introduction. Aerosol. Micro. physics. Photo. chemistry. COD. Continuous distributions. Sample size 24. Guess the mean and standard deviation. Dot plot sample size 49. Draw the population distribution you expect. Sample size 93. Sample size 476. Sample size 948. . Photograph: Tony Clarke, VOCALS . REx. flight RF07. Robert Wood. University of Washington. with Rhea George, Chris . Terai. , Dave Leon, Jeff Snider. or. . Control of cloud droplet concentration in marine stratocumulus clouds. eulerian. model WRF/. Chem. Paolo Tuccella, Gabriele Curci, . Suzanne. . Crumeyrolle. , Guido Visconti. Direct and . Indirect. aerosol . effects. Clean. Polluted. Direct . effect. Indirect. . effect. Betsy Berry and Jay Mace. University of . Utah. American Geophysical Union 2011 . Fall Meeting. More CCN→. more small droplets→ . less collision→ delayed raindrop formation . Smaller sizes are lofted higher where they freeze→ latent heat release leads to increased buoyancy and a stronger updraft. Robert Wood, Atmospheric Sciences,. University of Washington. Motivation. Aerosols can potentially influence earth’s radiation budget both by direct interaction with sunlight (aerosol . direct . effect), and also by altering cloud radiative properties (aerosol . Jón. Egill . Kristjánsson. (Univ. Oslo). Many thanks to: Alf . Kirkevåg. (. met.no. ), . Corinna. . Hoose. (Univ. Oslo), Leo Donner (GFDL). Problem Definition. Most GCMs give an aerosol indirect effect which is too high compared to results from residual calculations – . Temporal, spatial and systematic patterns in aerosol properties at . Anmyeon. -do (AMY) . Dr. Elisabeth (Betsy) Andrews. NOAA/ESRL/Global Monitoring Division. Boulder, CO USA. November, 2013. Talk Outline. sea-salt. mineral dust. soot and tar balls. fly ash. pollen. secondary species. 2. Overall Processes. Formation. Aerosol Growth and Chemical Aging. Trace Gas Chemistry. Emissions. Nucleation. Wet Scavenging.