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To provide a comprehensive overview of the ACE-2 CLOUDYCOLUMN project and examine radiative and microphysical closure in aerosol-cloud systems.

April 1, 2000Tellus BOpen Access

An overview of the ACE-2 CLOUDYCOLUMN closure experiment

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JBJ. L. BrenguierCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique PCP. Y. ChuangUniversity of California, Santa Cruz YFY. FouquartUniversité de Lille

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Field campaign overview demonstrates aerosol-cloud microphysical closure in marine stratocumulus clouds, highlighting mechanisms linking aerosols to cloud radiative properties.

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To provide a comprehensive overview of the ACE-2 CLOUDYCOLUMN project and examine radiative and microphysical closure in aerosol-cloud systems.
Coordinated airborne, shipboard, and satellite observational platforms during the second Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-2).
Measured aerosol particle size distributions, cloud condensation nuclei, and marine stratocumulus cloud droplet microphysics.
Characterized relationships between aerosol concentration and cloud droplet spectra under clean marine and polluted continental air masses.
Identified critical measurement constraints needed to achieve column radiative closure in cloudy marine boundary layers.

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Brenguier et al. (2000) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a16fb2225571367076bd3a3 https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0889.2000.00047.x

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Field campaign overview demonstrates aerosol-cloud microphysical closure in marine stratocumulus clouds, highlighting mechanisms linking aerosols to cloud radiative properties.

An overview of the ACE-2 CLOUDYCOLUMN closure experiment

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An overview of the ACE-2 CLOUDYCOLUMN closure experiment

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