Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

External reference: https://openalex.org/T10347

  1. Ozone formation shifted by season in Guanzhong Basin
    Analysis of warm-season ozone and secondary aerosol formation in the Guanzhong Basin reveals sub-seasonal regime shifts, with traffic and industrial emissions driving both pollutants.
  2. UKESM misses key marine aerosol formation pathways
    Evaluation of UKESM1.1 against ATom aircraft data reveals missing marine aerosol formation pathways involving iodine, amines, and organic vapours in remote regions.
  3. Aerosol mixing state differed between inland and coastal sites
    Entropy-based analysis of aerosol mixing state and CCN activity reveals distinct seasonal and geographic patterns, with heightened sensitivity in externally-mixed regimes at inland and coastal sites.
  4. Coastal aerosol types vary strongly by season worldwide
    Analyze seasonal aerosol variations at coastal boundaries using global AERONET data. Machine learning identifies four distinct aerosol regimes with pronounced seasonal patterns and spectral.
  5. Global green wave shifts north and east more quickly
    Study reveals accelerated north-east shift in global green wave trajectory, indicating restructured vegetation phenology and hemispheric productivity changes through 21st century.
  6. Satellite method estimates radiative forcing of high-altitude ice clouds
    A rapid satellite-based methodology quantifies radiative forcing from high-altitude ice clouds and contrails using geostationary observations with 15% accuracy.
  7. Ice crystal concentration is the main driver of aggregation rates
    Study uses cloud seeding experiments and deep learning to identify ice crystal concentration as the dominant factor controlling aggregation rates in supercooled clouds, with implications for.
  8. Dust layer weakens low-level cloud increase over the North Atlantic
    Study quantifies how free-tropospheric Saharan dust over the North Atlantic modulates low-level cloud cover via longwave-induced cloud-top warming that counteracts shortwave-driven cloud enhancement.